The Florida Lottery recently announced that Yesenia Gonzalez Sandoval of Tallahassee won a $1 million prize from the 500X The Cash scratch-off game.
The North Florida woman chose to receive her prize in one lump sum payment of $640,000.
Gonzalez Sandoval purchased her winning ticket at Mr. K Food Store, situated at 6645 S.E. Babcock Street in Malabar, Brevard County.
She claimed her prize at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
The $50 500X The Cash scratch-off game has a top prize of $25 million, the largest ever offered on a Florida scratch-off game, and the best chances of becoming an instant millionaire. According to the Florida Lottery, this game still has one top prize and 46 $1 million prizes available.
The overall odds of winning this game are 1 in 4.23, with cash prizes totaling about $1.66 billion.
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 awarded over $66.9 billion in prizes, created 2,350 billionaires, and raised more than $20.09 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
The Florida Lottery is responsible for more than $49 billion in education funding and sending over 983,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue back into the state’s economy through prize payouts, commissions to over 13,550 lottery merchants, and educational transfers. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have given out over $100.2 billion in prizes, making more than 4,300 millionaires.
