The Florida Lottery recently announced that Rodolfo Lima, of Hialeah, claimed a $5 million top prize from the $20 GOLD RUSH LIMITED scratch-off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
The Miami-Dade County man chose to receive his winnings as a whopping one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,960,000.00.
Lima purchased his winning ticket from Cafe Espana Restaurant, located at 498 West 28th Street in Hialeah in South Florida. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
The $20 scratch-off game GOLD RUSH LIMITED, launched in September 2021 and features 32 top prizes of $5 million and 100 prizes of $1 million. Additionally, this ticket is filled with more than 33,000 prizes of $1,000 to $100,000. The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-2.65.
Scratch-off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 72 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2022-2023. Since inception, scratch-off games have generated more than $18.39 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF). The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $45 billion to enhance education and sending more than 983,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
