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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017

CONTACT: FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS
(850) 487-7727

MIAMI GARDENS WOMAN WINS TOP PRIZE PLAYING
$5,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER SCRATCH-OFF GAME

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announces that Jacqueline Ramos Herrera, 45, of Miami Gardens, claimed a top prize in the $5,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,725,000.

Ramos Herrera purchased her winning ticket from Baby Supermarket, located at 4805 Northwest 167th Street in Miami Gardens. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $20 game, $5,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, features six top prizes of $5 million, 30 prizes of $1 million, and more than $752 million in total cash prizes! This $20 game offers more than 16.8 million winning tickets, and overall odds of winning are one-in-2.99.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 65 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $734 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2015-16.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $31 billion to education and sending more than 750,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 98 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Florida retailers and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $52.4 billion in prizes and made more than 1,900 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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