A Florida man claimed a $10 million top prize from a scratch-off game.
The Florida Lottery recently announced that Chuan Bao Chen claimed a $10 million top prize from the Gold Rush Legacy scratch-off game.
The Punta Gorda man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $6,030,000.
The Charlotte County winner purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 2310 Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda.
He claimed the top prize at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
The $20 scratch-off game, Gold Rush Legacy, launched in April 2024 and featured four top prizes of $10 million and 20 prizes of $1 million. There are no more top prizes remaining, but there are three $1 million prizes remaining according to the Florida Lottery. This game also featured more than $894 million in total cash prizes.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-2.97.
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 $72.2 billion in prizes, created 2,510 millionaires, and generated more than $21.28 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $51 billion to enhance education and sending more than one million 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 over $110 billion in prizes and created more than 4,900 millionaires.
