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Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Gas station trip earns Florida woman $5M lottery jackpot
March 31 (UPI) -- The Florida Lottery said a trip to the gas station ended up earning a Hialeah woman a $5 million jackpot. Lottery officials said Nubia Fagot, 62, made a stop at the Beacon Service Station on Northwest 12th Street in Doral and selected a $5,000,000 Crossword Cash scratch-off ticket. The $20 ticket turned out to be a $5 million top prize winner. Lottery officials said Fagot chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,262,138. The gas station was awarded a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
CBS News
28-03-2025
- Business
- CBS News
South Florida woman wins $5 million prize playing Florida Lottery scratch-off game
A Hialeah woman won a $5 million prize playing the Florida Lottery 's $5,000,000 CROSSWORD CASH scratch-off game. Nubia Fagot chose to receive her winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,262,138. Fagot bought her winning ticket from the Beacon Service Station on NW 12 Street in Doral. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling it. The $20 scratch-off game features more than $239.6 million in cash prizes, including four top prizes of $5 million. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game 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 $19.80 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.
