A Florida woman won a $5 million top prize playing a scratch-off game.
The Florida Lottery recently announced that Georgia Smith claimed a $5 million top prize from the Mega 7’s scratch-off game.
The Arcadia, Florida woman chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,089,000.
The DeSoto County winner purchased her winning ticket from Murphy USA, located at 2769 S.E. Highway 70 in Arcadia.
She claimed her winning top prize at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
The $20 Mega 7’s scratch-off game offers a top prize of $5,000,000 and features over $268 million in total cash prizes. There are two top prizes remaining according to the Florida Lottery.
With overall odds of 1-in-3.33, this game offers multiple ways to have fun.
Scratch-off games are an important part of the Florida Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 74 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2025-2026. Additionally, since inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $73.5 billion in prizes, created 2,544 millionaires, and generated more than $21.6 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $51 billion to enhance education and sending more than one million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue into Florida’s economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,600 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid over $110 billion in prizes and created more than 4,900 millionaires.
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