The Florida Lottery recently announced that Terasa Katsaros, of Parrish, claimed a $1 million prize from the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR scratch-off game at the Lottery’s headquarters in Tallahassee.
The Manatee County woman chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.00.
Katsaros purchased her winning ticket from a Central Florida Publix, located at 11245 North US Highway 301, in Parrish. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
The $50 scratch-off game, $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR launched in February and features two top prizes of $1 million a year for life and 234 prizes of $1 million! This game also features more than $1.6 billion in cash prizes. The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Florida 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 $18.09 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
