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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022

TWO PLAYERS WIN FAST CASH AFTER PLAYING
THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 SCRATCH-OFF GAME
~ Winning Tickets Purchased in Naples and Gainesville! ~

TALLAHASSEE -The Florida Lottery announces that Yadira Mendez Rodriguez, 19, of Naples and Roberta Montgomery, 66, of Gainesville, each claimed a $1 million top prize from THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 Scratch-Off game.

Mendez Rodriguez chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $790,000.00. She purchased her winning ticket from Shell Trade Center, located at 2493 Trade Center Way in Naples.

Montgomery also chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $790,000.00. She purchased her winning ticket from Food Max Food Store, located at 404 South Main Street in Gainesville.

Each retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $30 game, THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000, launched in February 2020 and features 155 top prizes of $1,000,000 and over $948 million in cash prizes! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-2.79.

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 $1.3 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2020-21.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $40 billion to enhance education and sending more than 917,000 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 $79.1 billion in prizes and made more than 3,100 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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