The Florida Lottery announced that Mary Curatolo, of Haines City, claimed a $1 million prize from the $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH scratch-off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
The Central Florida winner chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $664,198.00.
The Polk County woman purchased her winning ticket from Publix, located at 617 US Highway 17-92 in Haines City. The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
The $20 scratch-off game, $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH, features three ways to play and three ways to win, and offers more than $447 million in total cash prizes, including 26 prizes from $1 million to $5 million.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-2.85.
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 $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 13,600 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $95.7 billion in prizes and made more than 4,000 people millionaires.
