The Florida Lottery recently announced that Alejandro Morales, of Miami, claimed a $2 million top prize from the Monopoly Secret Vault scratch-off game.
The South Florida man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,153,865.
Morales purchased his winning ticket from Winn Dixie, located at 11241 S.W. 40th Street in Miami.
He claimed his winning prize at the lottery’s Miami District Office.
The $10 Monopoly Secret Vault scratch-off game featured four top prizes of $2 millionand over $176 million in cash prizes, including 6.8 million winning tickets. There are zero top prizes remaining according to the Florida Lottery.
The game’s overall odds 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 $70.8 billion in prizes, created 2,475 millionaires, and generated more than $20.98 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.
The MONOPOLY name and logo, the distinctive design of the game board, the four corner squares, the MR. MONOPOLY name and character, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and playing pieces, are trademarks of Hasbro for its property trading game and game equipment, and licensed by Hasbro.
