TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Wade Adams, 73, of Venice, claimed a top prize in the $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $810,000.00.
Adams purchased his winning ticket from Wawa, located at 2970 Executive Drive in Venice. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $2 game, $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE has more than 9.8 million winning tickets, including eight top prizes of $1,000 a week for life. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-4.43.
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.
