Archive for the ‘Florida Lottery’ Category

The Florida voters passed a constitutional amendment in 1998, January after which the Florida lottery game came into view. This lottery game ran by the state was chiefly established for generating funds in order to support the state education. It was announced that a major section of all funds that was raised by the Florida lottery was directly forwarded to the Education Enhancement Trust Fund. The Florida Lottery also finances Bright Futures, the scholarship program of Florida. The tickets of this lottery game were first sold on 29th April, 1988 and the first drawing was held on 7th May, Saturday 1998. During the first few years, the players had to choose six numbers between 1 and 49 at a total cost of $1 per play. Drawings were held on all Saturday nights. The players need to choose three correct numbers from a total of six in order to win prizes. The players need to choose six numbers appropriately in order to win the game.


Florida Lotto Plays $19M This Weekend

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

The Florida Lotto is a another one that will be playing a bigger jackpot for the weekend. The $17 million up for grabs in the tropical state found no owner in Wednesday night’s draw, which means that Saturday’s Florida Lotto game has gone up to a cool $19 million! Even though nobody managed to match all 6 numbers, there were still a whopping 32 tickets that matched 5 of those 6. Most of them took home over $6,000 each, but three of them were lucky enough to use the Xtra multiplier and turned that number into almost $25,000 apiece!

Florida Lotto Inches Up To $17 Million

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Powerball’s jackpot stayed untouched, but the Sunshine State still had it’s fair share of luck with 5 lower-tier Powerball prize winners. Meanwhile, the Florida Lotto also sees its grand prize grow to a substantial $17 million for this Wednesday’s drawing. Nonetheless, there were also lower-tier winners. 51 tickets matched five of six numbers drawn, taking home over $4,000 each.

Florida Lotto Winning Numbers, Jackpot Swells To $15M

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

The Florida Loto’s jackpot has grown to a not-bad-at-all $15 million after nobody managed to rake in the grand prize in Wednesday night’s draw. According to lottery officials, though, there were still a total of 40 tickets that matched five numbers to take home over $40,000 each, among thousands of other winners. The numbers drawn for the Florida Lotto last night were 7, 9, 11, 34, 40, 47.