A Florida woman won the $5 million top prize in a scratch-off game.
The Florida Lottery just announced that Georgia Smith won the $5 million top prize in the Mega 7 scratch-off game.
The woman from Arcadia, Florida, elected to accept her prize in the form of a single lump-sum payment of $3,089,000.
The DeSoto County winner purchased her winning ticket from Murphy USA, which is located at 2769 S.E. Highway 70 in Arcadia.
She collected her winning top prize at the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
The $20 Mega 7 scratch-off game has a top prize of $5,000,000 and more than $268 million in total cash prizes. According to the Florida Lottery, only two top rewards remain.
With an overall probability of 1-in-3.33, this game provides numerous ways to have fun.
Scratch-off games are an important part of the Florida Lottery’s range of games, accounting for roughly 74% of ticket sales in fiscal year 2025-2026. Furthermore, since its establishment, scratch-off games have paid out more than $73.5 billion in prizes, created 2,544 millionaires, and raised more than $21.6 billion for the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.
The Florida Lottery is responsible for more than $51 billion in education funding and sending over one million 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 13,600 Lottery stores, and educational transfers. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have given out over $110 billion in prizes, making more than 4,900 millionaires.
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