The Florida Lottery recently announced that Tricia Richardson Roberts, of Lauderhill, claimed a top prize from the $1,000 A Week For Life scratch-off game.
The South Florida woman chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $779,200.
Richardson Roberts purchased her winning ticket from Publix, located at 550 N. Pine Island Road in Plantation.
She claimed her top prize at the Lottery’s West Palm Beach District Office.
For $2, players can win over $30 million in cash prizes with the new $1,000 A Week For Life scratch-off game. This game featured four top prizes of $1,000 a week for life. There are three top prizes remaining according to the Florida Lottery.
Overall odds of winning are 1 in 4.19.
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.
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