The Florida Lottery recently announced that Tammy Kenon, of Quincy, claimed a $1 million top prize from the FLORIDA 50X THE CASH scratch-off game at Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
The Gadsden County woman chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $695,000.00.
Kenon purchased her winning ticket from Sunset Mart, located at 650 South Adams Street in Quincy, Florida in the Panhandle. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
The $5 scratch-off game 50X THE CASH gives players the chance to win up to $1 million. There are more than seven million winning tickets totaling more than $101 million in cash prizes. The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.78.
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. Additionally, since inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $59.5 billion in prizes, created 1,947 millionaires, and generated more than $18.39 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
