NAPLES MAN CLAIMS $1 MILLION PRIZE IN THE FLORIDA 100X THE CASH SCRATCH-OFF GAME

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TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Brooks Weber, 60, of Naples, claimed a $1 million prize in the FLORIDA 100X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $770,000.00.

Weber purchased his winning ticket from 7-Eleven, located at 1353 3rd Street South in Naples. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $30 game, FLORIDA 100X THE CASH, launched on February 26, and features eight top prizes of $15 million ? the largest Scratch-Off top prize ever offered by the Florida Lottery. The game also offers 20 prizes of $1 million. Overall odds of winning are one-in-2.59.

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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