BOYNTON BEACH MAN HAS THE GOLDEN TICKET
Wins $500000 in GOLD RUSH ScratchOff game!
TALLAHASSEE The Florida Lottery today announced that George Knapp 53 of Boynton Beach claimed a $500000 top prize in the GOLD RUSH ScratchOff game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. He purchased his winning ticket at Lawrence Shell located at 8840 Lawrence Road in Boynton Beach.
The $20 GOLD RUSH one of the Lotterys most popular ScratchOff games offers players the chance to win top prizes of $500000.One of four $500000 top prizes still remains. GOLD RUSH tickets may be purchased at more than 13000 Florida Lottery retailer locations. The overall odds of winning are one in 2.95.
The Florida Lottery offers more than 40 ScratchOff games at any given time through instant ticket vending machines (ITVMs) or oncounter displays at more than 13000 retailers statewide. ScratchOff games are an important part of the Lotterys portfolio of games making up approximately 53 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $396 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 200910.
Florida voters by a twotoone margin approved a constitutional amendment in 1986 authorizing the state to operate a lottery for the purpose of generating significant additional moneys for education. Today Floridians continue to show their support by purchasing nearly $4 billion in Lottery products per year resulting in contributions of more than $22 billion to the EETF since 1988. For more information regarding the Florida Lottery its games and its contributions to education visit www.flalottery.com.