Florida lottery group wins $1M on scratch-off game, moment captured over Facebook Live
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A lottery group in Florida has claimed their $1 million prize after a group member scratched off the winning ticket during a Facebook Live.
Jacksonville native Elizabeth Williams, 60, joined her friends on the Lucky Lotto Champs Facebook group, which consists of five lottery players, according to the Florida Lottery.
“We’re a close-knit group that enjoys putting our money together to play Scratch-Offs,” Jackson shared with the agency.
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Jackson was seen scratching off the winning ticket during the Facebook group’s live video.
🎉🏆 CONGRATULATIONS to our Spectacular new Scratch-Off winners! 🤑💰 Their big win was captured during a Facebook Live event – watch below to see the moment they won and click here to read the full story! https://t.co/bjqIhfOQmb pic.twitter.com/Dp1rqRQ5xT
— Florida Lottery (@floridalottery) April 3, 2023
“When I scratched the ticket, I couldn’t believe it. All I could say was ‘O-M-G’ over and over,” Jackson said.
On April 3, Jackson accepted the $1 million prize from the “$1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular” scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee, on behalf of her group.
The group decided to claim their winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.00, the Florida Lottery announced in a press release.
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The $50 winning-ticket was purchased from a Jacksonville Publix, located at 7749 Normandy Boulevard.
A Florida Facebook group won $1 million after Elizabeth Williams of Jacksonville, scratched off the winning ticket during a Facebook Live (store where ticket was purchased is not pictured). (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning lottery ticket, shared the media release.
This new “$1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular” scratch-off game was launched by the Florida Lottery in February, featuring to two top prizes — $1 million a year for life and 234 prizes of $1 million.
Scratch-Off games made up approximately 77% of the Florida Lottery’s tickets sales in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, according to the Florida Lottery.
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The Florida Lottery has been active since 1988, and has contributed more than $43 billion in the enhancement of education and has sent over 950,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program, according to the press release.
The Florida Lottery Scratch-Off games made up approximately 77% of the organization’s tickets sales in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, according to a recent Florida Lottery press release. (iStock / iStock)
The organization commissions to more than 13,000 lottery retailers, have paid over $85.8 billion in prizes and have made more than 3,500 people millionaires since their founding, the Florida Lottery reported.
