TAMPA MAN BECOMES MULTIMILLIONAIRE;
CLAIMS $3 MILLION PRIZE IN FLORIDA MILLIONAIRES CLUB
TALLAHASSEE The Florida Lottery today announced that Jaime Arroyo 48 of Tampa claimed the first $3 million top prize in the FLORIDA MILLIONAIRES CLUB ScratchOff game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
Arroyo chose the onetime lumpsum payment option for his winnings in the amount of $2100000. He purchased his winning ticket at Stop & Pick located at 901 S. 22nd Street in Tampa.
According to Arroyo he regularly plays Florida Lottery games and often purchases tickets from the Stop & Pick store. I won $500 a few years ago and prizes of $100 here and there but this time I could not believe that I won this much money said Arroyo. Although Arroyo hasnt finalized his plans for the winnings he did say he will continue to play Lottery games.
The $20 FLORIDA MILLIONAIRES CLUB ScratchOff game launched on January 11 and includes more than $151 million in total prizes. Currently there is one top prize of $3 million and six prizes of $1 million remaining. 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.