The Florida Lottery recently announced that Isadora Thompson of Orlando won a $1 million prize in the Bonus Letter Crossword scratch-off game.
The Orange County woman chose to receive her prize in a single, lump-sum payment of $640,000.
The Central Florida winner purchased her winning ticket from RaceTrac, which is located at 745 Palm Bay Road N.E. in West Melbourne. The store got an additional $2,000 commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
She went to the Lottery’s Orlando District Office to claim her winnings.
For $5, you can explore the world of words in the Bonus Letter Crossword scratch-off game and win $1 million instantly. This word-themed game has approximately $76.6 million in cash rewards, including ten top awards of $1 million. The Florida Lottery reports that three top prizes remain.
With nearly 5.4 million winning tickets, the game’s total odds are 1 in 4.
Scratch-off games are a key part of the lottery’s range of games, accounting for over 74% of ticket sales in fiscal year 2023-2024. Furthermore, since their establishment, scratch-off games have paid out more than $65.5 billion in prizes, created 2,283 millionaires, and raised more than $19.80 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.
The Florida Lottery is responsible for providing over $48 billion in education funding and for sending more than 983,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its money back into the state’s economy through prize payouts, commissions to over 13,600 lottery stores, and educational transfers. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have given out approximately $98.6 billion in prizes, making more than 4,200 millionaires.
