TALLAHASSEE – A Florida woman won a two-million-dollar top prize playing the Florida Lottery’s GOLD RUSH DOUBLER scratch-off game.
Pamela Funk, 67, of Old Town, chose to receive her winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,370,000.
Funk bought her winning ticket at Old Town Shell on Southeast US Highway 19 in Old Town. The store will receive a $4,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
The $10 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER game has more than $261 million in total cash prizes. The overall odds of winning a prize are about 1-in-3.45.
Scratch-off games are an important part of the Florida Lottery’s games, they accounted for nearly 75% of last year’s ticket sales.
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