A Florida man claimed a $2 million top prize from a scratch-off game.
The Florida Lottery recently announced that Walkens Talabert, of Boca Raton, claimed a $2 million top prize from the Double Diamond Cashword scratch-off game.
The South Florida man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,189,600.
Talabert purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 19595 S. State Road 7 in Boca Raton.
He claimed his winning prize at lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
From your very first letter to your final completed word, the excitement builds with every reveal. For $10, Double Diamond Cashword offers a top prize of $2,000,000, more than $170.5 million in total cash prizes, and over 7.2 million winning tickets. There are three top prizes remaining according to the Florida Lottery.
The overall odds for this scratch-off game are 1:3.24.
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.
