Published: August 8, 2018

The Florida Lottery introduced four new Scratch-Off games

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018

CONTACT: FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS
(850) 487-7727

WIN UP TO $500,000 WITH FOUR NEW 
SCRATCH-OFF GAMES FROM THE FLORIDA LOTTERY 

TALLAHASSEE -The Florida Lottery introduced four new Scratch-Off games today that offer more than $169 million in total cash prizes. The games, EXTRA PLAY, CROSSWORD CASH VAULT, JOKER'S WILD, and LUCKY 7, range in price from $1 to $5. All Lottery retailers are expected to have these new tickets in stock and available for purchase within 72 hours.

The $5 game, EXTRA PLAY, offers more than $58 million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $500,000! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-3.99.

The $3 game, CROSSWORD CASH VAULT, offers more than $66 million in cash prizes, including 40 top prizes of $50,000! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-4.14.

The $2 game, JOKER'S WILD, features 16 top prizes of $30,000 and more than $32.8 million in cash prizes! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-4.35.

 For just $1, players can win up to $3,000 with LUCKY 7. This game features over four million winning tickets totaling more than $12.3 million in cash prizes! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-4.94.

 Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 69 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $871 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2017-18. 

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $33 billion to education and sending more than 775,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 98 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Florida retailers and contributions to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $56.3 billion in prizes and made more than 2,000 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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