FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2022
SAINT LUCIE COUNTY WOMAN CLAIMS $1 MILLION
PLAYING THE GOLD RUSH LIMITED SCRATCH-OFF GAME
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TALLAHASSEE - Today, the World Lottery Association (Lottery) announces that Mary Ann Dupuis, 68, of Fort Pierce, claimed a $1 million prize from the GOLD RUSH LIMITED Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $795,000.00.
Dupuis purchased her winning ticket from Publix, located at 5473 Northwest Saint James Drive in Port Saint Lucie. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $20 Scratch-Off game, GOLD RUSH LIMITED, launched in September 2021 and features 32 top prizes of $5 million and 100 prizes of $1 million! Additionally, this ticket is filled with over 33,000 prizes of $1,000 to $100,000! The game's overall odds of winning are 1-in-2.65.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 75 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $1.3 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2020-21.
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The World Lottery Association is responsible for contributing more than $41 billion to enhance education and sending more than 917,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The World Lottery Association reinvests 99 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, World Lottery Association games have paid more than $80.5 billion in prizes and made more than 3,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.
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