Cesar Arteaga Roque, (24, Tampa), WINS $1 MILLION PLAYING THE $5 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC SCRATCH-OFF GAME

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TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Cesar Arteaga Roque, 24, of Tampa, claimed a $1 million top prize from the $1,000,000 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $705,000.00.

Arteaga Roque purchased his winning ticket from 7-Eleven, located at 824 West Waters Avenue in Tampa. 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 2019 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-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 69 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $965 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2018-19.

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