The Florida Lottery recently announced that Soignese Youte, of Miramar, claimed a $1 million top prize from the $5 MONOPOLY DOUBLER scratch-off game at the Lottery’s Miami District Office.
The Broward County winner chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $798,985.00.
The South Florida woman purchased her winning ticket from Le Phare Food Market, located at 16784 Northeast 2nd Avenue in North Miami Beach. The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
The $5 Monopoly Doubler scratch-off game features more than 9.4 million winning tickets and over $132.6 million in cash prizes, including 12 top prizes of $1 million.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.98.
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 $63.1 billion in prizes, created 2,175 millionaires, and generated more than $18.95 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $46 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 13,600 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $95.7 billion in prizes and made more than 4,000 people millionaires.
