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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2022

TAMPA MAN WINS $1 MILLION
PLAYING THE 50X THE CASH SCRATCH-OFF GAME
~ Trip to `Radiant Food Shop' Leaves 25-Year-Old Beaming! ~

TALLAHASSEE - Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Joel Duran, 25, of Tampa, claimed a $1 million top prize from the 50X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.00.

Duran purchased his winning ticket from Radiant Food Shop, located at 4301 West Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $5 game, 50X THE CASHlaunched in January 2022 and features more than $215 million in cash prizes, including 12 top prizes of $1,000,000! The game's overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.90.

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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