A Florida man won the $25 million top prize in a scratch-off game.
The Florida Lottery just announced that Lincoln Diaz of Miami won the $25 million top prize in the $25,000,000 Gold Rush Multiplier scratch-off game.
The Miami-Dade County man elected to accept his winnings in a single, lump-sum payment of $15,960,000.
The South Florida man bought his winning ticket at Walmart, 14720 S.W. 26th Street in Miami.
He collected his winnings at the lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
The $50 scratch-off game, $25,000,000 Gold Rush Multiplier, offered two top prizes of $25 million and 60 prizes of $1 million. This game also offered over $1.2 billion in total cash rewards. According to the Florida Lottery, only one top prize and 28 $1 million awards remain.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1 in 4.09.
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 $70.8 billion in prizes, created 2,475 millionaires, and raised more than $20.98 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.
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 $104.8 billion in prizes, making more than 4,475 millionaires.
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