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Miami Herald
16-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
A Broward shopper walked out of a Publix with a $5 million lottery prize
Stopping at a Miramar Publix and playing a Florida Lottery scratch-off game turned out to be a financially life-changing experience for a Davie man. When Bejamin Chiurliza bought a $20 Monopoly Secret Vault game ticket at the Publix at Monarch Lakes, 14375 Miramar Pkwy., he won one of the four $5 million top prizes. Chiurliza took a one-time, lump sum payout of $2,884,920 when he claimed his prize at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. MORE: Wednesday's lottery winners from Florida got tickets at Miami-Dade & Broward Publix stores
CBS News
15-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Broward man claims $5 million prize from Florida Lottery scratch-off game
A Davie man scored a $5 million dollar prize playing the Florida Lottery's MONOPOLY™ SECRET VAULT scratch-off game. Benjamin Chiurliza chose to receive his winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $2,884,920. Chiurliza bought his winning ticket at a Publix on Miramar Parkway in Miramar. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket. The $20 scratch-off game features four top prizes of $5 million. Additionally, this ticket is filled with more than $369 million in cash prizes. The overall odds of winning a prize are about 1 in 3. Scratch-off games made up about 74% of Florida Lottery ticket sales in its 2023-2024 fiscal year. They've generated nearly $20.09 billion for the state's Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. The Florida Lottery has contributed more than $48 billion to enhance education and sent over a million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. CBS News Miami is your official Florida Lottery station.
