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 Swells To $12 Million

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

The Florida Lotto is another lottery that’s been growing for quite a few consecutive drawings. Wednesday night’s draw left no jackpot winner for the tropical state’s lotto, which means the prize up for grabs this weekend is up to a pretty impressive $12 million! Nonetheless, there were still plenty of lower-tier winners. 26 players matched all but one of the drawn numbers to take home over $6,000 each, and 4 luckier players purchased the Xtra multiplying option to turn that prize into about $24,000 apiece! The winning numbers for last night’s draw were 2, 3, 5, 22, 41, 45.

Florida Lotto Hits $10 Million Mark

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Following Powerball’s rollover steps, the Florida Lotto is another lottery that keeps on growing! The weekend’s drawing left no jackpot winners, so the prize for this Wednesday night’s draw has gone up to a round $10 million, making it the biggest Florida Lotto jackpot in a while. The lucky numbers for Saturday night’s game were 31, 32, 39, 41, 50, 52. All in all, 28 tickets matched five numbers to win over $7,000 each, among thousands of other winners.

Fantasy 5 Winner in Miami

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Even though the Florida Lotto’s been seeing a lot of rollovers lately, it still hasn’t stopped one of the Sunshine State’s Lotto games, Fantasy 5, from finding big winners! A single player in the Florida Lotto’s Fantasy 5 game took home a great big prize of $228,740 prize after Wednesday night’s draw. The Miami player was the only one in the whole state to win the prize. The numbers were 5, 7, 16, 23 and 29. The lucky ticket was sold at Sedano’s Supermarket on SW Eighth Street.