The Florida Lottery announced that Fidel Avila, 65, of Hialeah, claimed a $2 million top prize from the 100X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Miami District Office.
He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,645,000.00.
Avila purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 6901Taft Street in Hollywood. The retailer will receive a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $10 game, 100X THE CASH, launched in January 2022 and features more than $337.9 million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $2,000,000! The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.44.
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Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 72 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $1.6 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2022-23.
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