The Florida Lottery recently announced that Jeffery Mason, of Orlando, claimed a $1 million prize from the $5,000,000 Crossword Cash scratch-off game.
The Orange County man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $652,665.
The Central Florida man purchased his winning ticket from City Store, located at 2893 Delaney Avenue in Orlando. The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
The winner claimed his prize at the Florida Lottery’s Orlando District Office.
For $20, players can win up to 5 million instantly playing the $5,000,000 Crossword Cash scratch-off game. This word-themed game offers over $239.6 million in cash prizes, including four top prizes of $5 million. There are zero top prizes and one $1 million prize remaining according to the Florida Lottery.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-2.9.
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 $65.5 billion in prizes, created 2,283 millionaires, and generated more than $19.80 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $48 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 over $98.6 billion in prizes and created more than 4,200 millionaires.
