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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022

FIVE FLORIDA PLAYERS BECOME MEGA MILLIONS® MILLIONAIRES

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery is excited to announce that Florida had five winning tickets worth $1 million to $2 million from the Friday, July 29 MEGA MILLIONS® drawing! Two lucky players each won $1 million and three lucky players each won $2 million. The winning tickets matched all five of the white ball numbers but did not match the Mega Ball number.

In addition to the $1.3 billion MEGA MILLIONS jackpot hit in Illinois, Friday's drawing produced a total of 26 second-tier winners. The winning tickets were spread across 17 jurisdictions including: Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

• Cumberland Farms, located at 2001 Northeast Savannah Road in Jensen Beach

• Sebring Truck Stop, located at 8000 U.S. Highway 27 South in Sebring

• Big Boss Stores, located at 2396 U.S. Highway 331 South in Defuniak Springs

• Publix, located at 3343 South Orange Blossom Trail in Kissimmee

• Winn Dixie, located at 1360 Tampa Road in Palm Harbor

Florida MEGA MILLIONS winners have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prize.

ABOUT MEGA MILLIONS IN FLORIDA

Since joining MEGA MILLIONS in 2013, the game has generated more than $817.9 million for education and has awarded more than $806.2 million in prizes to 64 million players.

The next MEGA MILLIONS drawing will be held Tuesday, August 2, at 11:00 p.m., ET,with an estimated jackpot of $20 million jackpot. Tickets must be purchased by 10:00 p.m., ET to be eligible for this drawing. MEGA MILLIONS drawings are broadcast on 17 carrier stations throughout the state. Drawings are also available for viewing on the Florida Lottery website and our official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/floridalottery. Winning numbers are available on the Lottery's website, free mobile app, at retailers statewide, and by phone at (850) 921-PLAY.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $42 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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