JUPITER WOMAN CLAIMS TOP PRIZE
IN $2000000 CASINO ACTION SCRATCHOFF GAME
TALLAHASSEE The Florida Lottery today announced that Tammy Henry 43 of Jupiter claimed a $2 million top prize in the $2000000 CASINO ACTION ScratchOff game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
Henry will receive her winnings in 20 annual payments of $100000. She purchased her winning ticket at Foodshop Shell located at 15375 S.W. Warfield Boulevard in Indiantown.
The $10 ScratchOff game $2000000 CASINO ACTION includes more than $112 million in total prizes. Currently there are three top prizes of $2 million remaining. The overall odds of winning are one in 3.54.
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.