The Florida Lottery recently announced that Roy Boyer, of Shalimar, claimed a $1 million prize from the $20 Monopoly Doubler scratch-off game at the Lottery’s Pensacola District Office.
The Okaloosa County winner chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $798,985.00.
Boyer purchased his winning ticket from Raceway, located at 1183 North Eglin Parkway in Pensacola. The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
The $20 MONOPOLY DOUBLER scratch-off game features more than $493 million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $5 million.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.02.
Scratch-off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 74 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2023-2024. Additionally, since inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $63.1 billion in prizes, created 2,175 millionaires, and generated more than $19.24 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $46 billion to enhance education and sending more than 983,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue into Florida’s economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,600 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid over $95.7 billion in prizes and made more than 4,000 people millionaires.
