TALLAHASSEE – Following the success of the GOLD RUSH CLASSIC family that launched in January, today the Florida Lottery introduces the new $15,000,000 GOLD RUSH SPECIAL EDITION Scratch-Off game! This new $30 game features six top prizes of $15 million – the largest Scratch-Off top prize offered by the Florida Lottery – and 24 prizes of $1 million. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-2.60.
Additionally, players can enter any non-winning GOLD RUSH CLASSIC and GOLD RUSH SPECIAL EDITION tickets into the “Gold Rush Classic” Second Chance Promotion. In each drawing, one player will win $30,000, two players will win $10,000, four players will win $5,000, and 30 players will win $1,000. Players can also earn up to 25 extra entries per entry period by entering a special Facebook “promo code” that will be posted to the Florida Lottery’s official Facebook page during each second chance promotion entry period. For more information about these games and the second chance promotion, visit www.flalottery.com.
The Florida Lottery is also launching three additional Scratch-Off games today that offer more than $117.8 million in total cash prizes. All Lottery retailers are expected to have these new tickets in stock and available for purchase within 72 hours.
The $5 game, $1,000,000 LUCK, features eight top prizes of $1 million and over $72.8 million in total cash prizes! The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-4.04.
For just $2, players can win up to $30,000 with TRIPLE CA$H. There are over 5.2 million winning tickets totaling more than $32.7 million in cash prizes! The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-4.54.
MONEY BAGS offers 420 top prizes of $1,000 and more than $12.3 million in total cash prizes! This $1 game features over four million winning tickets, and overall odds of winning are one-in-4.86.
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.
