Huber Cedeno, (HIALEAH), CLAIMS $1 MILLION TOP PRIZE PLAYING THE $5 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC SCRATCH-OFF GAME

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TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Huber Leyva Cedeno, 69, of Hialeah, claimed a $1 million top prize from the $5 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $705,000.00.

Leyva Cedeno purchased his winning ticket from Super Economico, located at 5370 West 12th Avenue in Hialeah. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $5 game $1,000,000 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC launched in January and offers more than $200.5 million in prizes, including 32 top prizes of $1 million. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-3.97.

Scratch-Offs are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, generating more than $871 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in FY 2017-18, and comprising approximately 69 percent of ticket sales.

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