The Florida Lottery recently announced that Syalon Britten, of Ocoee, claimed a $1 million prize from the $1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular scratch-off game.
The Orange County woman chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.
The Central Florida winner purchased her winning ticket from Discount Beverages & Smoke, located at 207 US Highway 441/27 in Lady Lake. The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
She claimed her winning prize at the Lottery’s Orlando District Office.
The $50 scratch-off game, $1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular, features two top prizes of $1 million a year for life and 234 prizes of $1 million. Additionally, this ticket is filled with more than $1.6 billion in cash prizes. There are zero top prizes remaining in this scratch-off game, and there are 57 $1,000,000 prizes remaining according to the Florida Lottery.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50.
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.
