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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2022

SAINT PETERSBURG MAN WINS $1 MILLION PLAYING
THE NEW 500X THE CASH SCRATCH-OFF GAME

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Gary Franklin, 52, of St. Petersburg, claimed a $1 million prize from the new 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.00.

Franklin purchased his winning ticket from B & N Food Mart, located at 2000 62nd Avenue in St. Petersburg. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $50 Scratch-Off game, 500X THE CASH, features a top prize of $25 million– the largest ever offered on a Florida Scratch-Off game– and the best odds to become an instant millionaire! The game's overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50.

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 $1.3 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 $41 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 $80.5 billion in prizes and made more than 3,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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