The Florida Lottery announced that a Central Florida man claimed a $2 million top prize from the $2,000,000 Gold Rush Multiplier scratch-off game.
The Polk County winner chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,276,000.
Emorie Clark, of Fort Meade, turned $10 into $2 million when he purchased his winning ticket from Mac’s Discount Beverage, located at 822 N. Charleston Avenue in Fort Meade.
The $10 scratch-off game, $2,000,000 Gold Rush Multiplier, launched in January 2025 and featured five top prizes of $2 million. This game offers more than $220 million in total cash prizes, including 8.6 million winning tickets. There is one top prize remaining according to the Florida Lottery.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.41.
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 $104.8 billion in prizes and created more than 4,475 millionaires.
