TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Armando Mieres, 32, of Tampa, claimed a $500,000 top prize from the new $500,000 JACKPOT MULTIPLIER Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He purchased his winning ticket from Jay Discount Food Store, located at 7529 North Armenia Avenue in Tampa.
The $5 game, $500,000 JACKPOT MULTIPLIER, features 12 top prizes of $500,000 and over $49 million in total cash prizes. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-4.01.
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.