The Florida Lottery recently announced that Jessica Searnock, of St. Augustine, claimed a $1 million prize from the $5 Monopoly Secret Vault scratch-off game.
The St. Johns County woman chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $576,900.
The North Florida woman purchased her winning ticket from Publix, located at 125 Jenkins Street in St. Augustine. The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
She claimed her winning prize at the Lottery’s Jacksonville District Office.
Turn $5 into $1 million playing the $5 Monopoly Secret Vault. With overall odds of 1-in-3.95, this scratch-off game offers $132 million in cash prizes, including six top prizes of $1 million, and features more than 9.5 million winning tickets.
There are three top prizes remaining according to the Florida Lottery.
The MONOPOLY name and logo, the distinctive design of the game board, the four corner squares, the Mr. MONOPOLY name, and character, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and playing pieces, are trademarks of Hasbro for its property trading game and game equipment.
MONOPOLY first hit shelves in 1935 with the Racecar, Thimble, Boot, Top Hat, and Battleship among the original set of MONOPOLY tokens, while the Scottie Dog and Wheelbarrow were added in the early 1950s. Although the brand has evolved over the past 89 years, the gameplay and iconography of the classic MONOPOLY game have remained unchanged, making it a timeless classic sure to be enjoyed by future generations.?Today, MONOPOLY is the world’s favorite family game brand and is enjoyed by more than one billion players in 114 countries across the globe.
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 $64.3 billion in prizes, created 2,230 millionaires, and generated more than $19.50 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $47 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 $97.1 billion in prizes and created more than 4,100 millionaires.
