The Florida Lottery recently announced that Juan Bonilla, of Miami, claimed the $2 million top prize from the Silver Streak scratch-off game.
The South Florida man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,195,000.
Bonilla purchased his winning ticket from Exprezo, located at 1901 N.W. 54th St. in Miami.
He claimed his winning prize at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
The $10 scratch-off game, Silver Streak, launched in September 2024 and featured four top prizes of $2 million and 358 prizes of $10 thousand. This game also features more than $104 million in total cash prizes. There are zero top prizes remaining according to the Florida Lottery, but there are 25 $10,000 prizes still available.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.44.
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 $66.9 billion in prizes, created 2,350 millionaires, and generated more than $20.09 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 $100.2 billion in prizes and created more than 4,300 millionaires.
