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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MONDAY, JULY 12, 2021

CONTACT: FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS

(850) 487-7727

communications@flalottery.com

TWO MIAMI-AREA PLAYERS EACH CLAIM TOP PRIZES PLAYING
THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 SCRATCH-OFF GAME

~ Players from Miami and Deerfield Beach Win Playing the Florida Lottery! ~

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announces that Odalys Alfonso, 54, of Miami and Elgin Jones, 58, of Deerfield Beach each claimed a $1 million top prize from THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 Scratch-Off game at the Miami District Office and Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. Each retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

Alfonso purchased her winning ticket from Asturias Liquors & Lounge, located at 4687 West Flagler Street in Miami. Jones purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 150 South Federal Highway in Deerfield Beach.

The $30 game, THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000, launched in February 2020 and features 155 top prizes of $1,000,000 and over $948 million in cash prizes! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-2.79.

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 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2019-20.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $39 billion to enhance education and sending more than 880,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery 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, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $75.6 billion in prizes and made more than 3,000 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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