A Florida woman won the top prize of $2 million playing a $10 scratch-off game.
The Florida Lottery recently announced that Pamela Funk, of Old Town, claimed a $2 million top prize from the $10 Gold Rush Doubler scratch-off game.
The Dixie County woman chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,370,000.00.
The Florida woman purchased her winning ticket from Old Town Shell, located at 25850 Southeast US Highway 19 in Old Town. The retailer received a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
She claimed her winning prize at the Lottery’s Gainesville District Office.
The $10 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER scratch-off game features more than 10 million winning tickets and over $261 million in total cash prizes.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.45.
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 $19.24 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.
