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New Florida Lottery Scratch Off Game Has 8 $5 Million Prizes

Author Geno

Some like to control their fate by picking their numbers with Powerball or Mega Millions. But if you are a Florida Lottery scratch off ticket player, there’s a new game to keep an eye out for.

The new game launched Monday. It’s called the $5,000,000 Triple Match. The ticket costs $20 to play. There are 3 ways to play on each ticket.

How do you play this one?

Match any of your numbers to any of the winning numbers and you win the prize shown for that particular number. If you match 3 like prizes, you win that prize. If you get a 5X burst symbol, you win 5 times the prize. And if you get the 10X burst symbol, you guessed it, 10 times the prize. You can also win $500 automatically if you get a cash symbol.

How are the odds?

The odds of winning something overall are 1 in 2.85, according to the Florida Lottery site. Now as for winning one of the 8 $5 million prizes? Those odds are 1 in 3,775,705. Feeling lucky?

If you’re not feeling THAT lucky, there’s a 1 in 6 chance of winning your $20 back and a 1 in 31 chance of winning $100. There are 18 $1 million winning tickets too, with odds of 1 in 1.67 million.

$5 million not enough for ya?  The Powerball jackpot sits at $672 million for tonight’s drawing.

10 Things About Florida's 2 Biggest Mega Millions $100+ Million Wins

  • Neither player picked the winning numbers.

    Do you play your lucky numbers or do you let the machine pick? Both winners used the QuickPick option.

  • The $451 Million winner couldn't celebrate with champagne.

    Shane Missler of Port Richey was only 20 years old when we became Florida’s biggest lottery winner ever. He said he wasn’t surprised with the win. He just had “a feeling.” He first told his brother and then delivered the news to his father over coffee the next morning.

  • Being a football fan seems to help.

    Both big Florida Mega Millions winners were big football fans. Shane Missler used his winnings to see his favorite team the New England Patriots play in the Super Bowl. Raymond Moyer and Robyn Collier said they planned to spend their winnings to go to as many Notre Dame games as they could.

  • Neither winner bought the ticket at Publix.

    Since the grocery chain sells so many lottery tickets, many conspiracy theorists think there’s a bias and a disproportionate number of winners that come from Publix. Neither of the 2 big winning tickets were purchased with a Pub Sub.

  • The first big winner had to share.

    Raymond Moyer and Robyn Collier of Merritt Island had to share their winnings as a Maryland player also picked the winning numbers. Taking the lump sum payment and having to share the money meant the $414 million jackpot turned into a mere $115,448,968 win for them. We’re pretty sure they weren’t too disappointed. Florida Today reported Collier had less than $5 cash when she filed for bankruptcy two years before the win.

  • Little victories.

    Only two Florida Mega Millions players have been mega winners but 64 million have won smaller prizes from $2 to $2,000,000, totaling just over $806 million.

  • Both winners chose the cash option.

    You can take home more money by opting to receive annual payments of your winnings. But both big jackpot winners opted to just cash in and take a lump sum payment. The Port Richey winner took a $281,874,999 check.

  • Running low on gas?

    Both big money winners bought their tickets at gas stations. One was a 7-Eleven in Port Richey. The other was at a Sunoco on Merritt Island near Melbourne.

  • One Florida winner of almost a billion.

    Although no Florida lottery players have won a billion dollars, the state’s education system is getting close. Since Florida joined Mega Millions in 2013, the game has generated almost $818 million for education.

  • You have 90 days to vanish.

    If you plan on becoming Florida’s next millionaire, know a few things. First, you only have 60 days to claim your prize if you want to cash out right away. You have 180 days if you’re going to take the annual payments.  And after 90 days, your name becomes public.

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