The Florida Lottery recently announced that Joel Zebell, of Land O Lakes, claimed a $5,000,000 top prize from the $5,000,000 CA$H MONEY scratch-off game.
The Central Florida man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,053,000.
The Pasco County winner purchased his winning ticket from Circle K, located at 7767 Land O Lakes Boulevard in Land O Lakes, north of Tampa.
He claimed his winning prize at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
For $20, the $5,000,000 CA$H MONEY scratch-off game offers four life-changing top prizes of $5 million. There are two top prizes remaining according to the Florida Lottery.
Featuring over 7.3 million winning tickets, including more than $328 million in cash prizes, this scratch-off game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-2.93.
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 $66.9 billion in prizes, created 2,350 millionaires, and generated more than $20.09 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $49 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 13,550 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid over $100.2 billion in prizes and created more than 4,300 millionaires.
