BRADENTON WOMAN WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY;
CLAIMS $600000 MEGA MONEY&8482 JACKPOT
TALLAHASSEE The Florida Lottery today announced that Patricia Wright 66 of Bradenton claimed the $600000 MEGA MONEY&8482; jackpot from the March 29 2011 drawing. The winning numbers were 02072631 and the MEGABALL&174; was 09.
Wright chose the onetime lumpsum payment option for her winnings in the amount of $426817.20. Wright said she plans to use her winnings to buy a new home.
Wright purchased her jackpotwinning MEGA MONEY Quick Pick ticket at 7Eleven located at 8604 Cortez Road in Bradenton. The retailer received a bonus incentive of $1000 for selling the jackpotwinning ticket.
Total ticket sales for this jackpot generated more than $690000 for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF). The next MEGA MONEY drawing will be held tonight at 1115 p.m. ET with a $500000 jackpot. Webcasts of Florida Lottery drawings are available on the Lotterys Web site.
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.