Fort Pierce - Wednesday July 6, 2022: 68 year old Mary Ann Dupuis of Fort Pierce has claimed a $1 million prize from the GOLD RUSH LIMITED Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $795,000.
Dupuis bought her winning ticket at a Publix in Port Saint Lucie. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $20 Scratch-Off game, Gold Rush Ltd. game was launched in September 2021, It features 32 top prizes of $5 million and 100 prizes of $1 million. There are an additional 33,000 prizes of $1,000 to $100,000. The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-2.65.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Florida Lottery's portfolio of games. They make up about 75% of ticket sales and generate more than $1.3 billion for the Florida Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2020-21.
The Florida Lottery has contributed more than $41 billion to enhance education and send more than 917,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.