A Central Florida man won $50,000 a Year for Life scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery.
41-year-old Edin Galindo chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $815,000. He claimed his winning ticket at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
The Tampa winner bought the winning ticket at a Quick Mart located at 2209 East Bearss Avenue. The store will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the ticket.
According to the Florida Lottery, the $2 scratch-off game offers over $52 million in cash prizes. There are a total of eight top prizes of $50,000 a year for life.
The overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.43.
Scratch-off games are an important part of the Florida Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 72 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2022-2023. Additionally, since inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $61.9 billion in prizes, created 2,103 millionaires, and generated more than $18.95 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 13,500 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $94.2 billion in prizes and made more than 4,000 people millionaires.
