The Florida Lottery recently announced that Avery Leach, of Jacksonville, claimed a $2 million top prize from the $2,000,000 100X BONUS CASHWORD scratch-off game.
The Duval County man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,280,000.00.
Leach purchased his winning ticket from Circle K, located at 8820 103rd Street in Jacksonville. The retailer received a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
He claimed his winning top prize at the Florida Lottery’s Jacksonville District Office.
The $10 scratch-off game, $2,000,000 100X BONUS CASHWORD, is packed with excitement and featured over 8.7 million winning tickets.
With a total of eight top prizes of $2 million and overall odds of 1-in-3.37, players have the chance to multiply their prize up to 100 times. There are two top prizes remaining, and plenty of other smaller winning amounts according to the Florida Lottery.
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 $47 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.
