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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020

CONTACT: FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS

(850) 487-7727

PORT SAINT LUCIE WOMAN CLAIMS TOP PRIZE FROM THE
$500,000 JACKPOT MULTIPLIER SCRATCH-OFF GAME

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announces that Patricia Latvis, of Port Saint Lucie, claimed a $500,000 top prize from the $500,000 JACKPOT MULTIPLIER Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She purchased her winning ticket from Sunlight Food Mart, located at 1289 Southwest Del Rio Boulevard in Port Saint Lucie.

The $5 game, $500,000 JACKPOT MULTIPLIER, launched in September 2019 and features 12 top prizes of $500,000 and over $49 million in total cash prizes. The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-4.01.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 69 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $871 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2017-18.

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The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $36 billion to education and sending more than 840,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 98 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Florida retailers and contributions to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $66.9 billion in prizes and made more than 2,800 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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