FORT LAUDERDALE WOMAN CLAIMS TOP PRIZE IN THE $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER SCRATCH-OFF GAME

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TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Edna Mae Edwards, of Fort Lauderdale, claimed a top prize in the $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She purchased her winning ticket from Two Quik Food Store, located at 348 Southwest 13th Street in Dania.

The $5 Scratch-Off game, $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, features more than $182.8 million in prizes, including 44 top prizes of $500,000. The game?s overall odds of winning are one-in-3.98.

Scratch-Offs are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, generating more than $784 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in FY 2016-17, and comprising approximately 68 percent of ticket sales.

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