A Miami man won a million-dollar prize playing the Florida Lottery‘s 500X The Cash scratch-off game.
Marcos Valim chose to receive his winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.
Valim bought his winning ticket at a Publix on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. The store will receive a $2,000 bonus for selling it.
The $50 scratch-off game features more than $1.66 billion in cash prizes, including a top prize of $25 million – the largest ever offered in a Florida scratch-off game. The overall odds of winning a prize are about 1 in 4.
Scratch-off games made up about 74% of Florida Lottery ticket sales in its 2023-2024 fiscal year. They’ve generated nearly $19.80 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.
The Florida Lottery has contributed more than $48 billion to enhance education and sent over a million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
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