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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021

CONTACT: FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS

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OCALA WOMAN WINS $2 MILLION TOP PRIZE
FIVE DAYS BEFORE HER 51ST BIRTHDAY

~ Player Wins Top Prize Playing the 100X THE CASH Scratch-Off Game! ~

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announces that Moichen Lamadrid Chang, of Ocala, claimed a $2 million top prize from the 100X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Gainesville District Office, five days before her 51st birthday! She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,780,000.00.

Lamadrid Chang purchased her winning ticket from Winn-Dixie, located at 184 Marion Oaks Boulevard in Ocala. The retailer will receive a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $10 game, 100X THE CASH, launched in September 2020 and features more than $294 million in cash prizes, including ten top prizes of $2,000,000! The game's overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.50.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 75 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $1 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2019-20.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $39 billion to enhance education and sending more than 880,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Lottery retailers and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $75.6 billion in prizes and made more than 3,000 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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