171 Million Florida Lottery Winners For 2002 and December Winner Totals!News Editors TALLAHASSEE Tallahassee (tăləhăs`ē), city (1990 pop. 124,773), state capital and seat of Leon co., NW Fla.; inc. 1825. Tallahassee is a wholesale trade and distribution center for the surrounding lumber, livestock, and agricultural area. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2003 A total of 17,482,443 Florida Lottery The Florida Lottery is one of the most lucrative single-state lottery systems in the United States with numerous On-line and Scratch-Off games offering players a wide variety of prize levels. The minimum age to purchase a Florida Lottery ticket, regardless of game, is 18. tickets, including some multiple winners, won a total of $199,328,592 during December December: see month. 2002 from the following Lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. games: FLORIDA Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and LOTTO, MEGA (1) Million (10 to the 6th power). Abbreviated "M". In communications, mega typically refers to 1,000,000. In storage, mega typically refers to 1,048,576. See MB, binary values and space/time. (2) A prefix attached to words that means a very large size or quantity. MONEY, FANTASY 5, PLAY 4, CASH 3 and all SCRATCH-OFF tickets. A total of 171,043,213 Lottery tickets, including some multiple winners, have won a record total of $1,480,505,154 for calendar year 2002 from the Florida Lottery. December winners won prizes ranging from a new Harley-Davidson(R) motorcycle motorcycle, motor vehicle whose design is based on the bicycle. The German inventor Gottlieb Daimler is generally credited with building the first practical motorcycle in 1885. The motorcycle did not become dependable and popular, however, until after 1900. to a $264,787 FANTASY 5 top prize to a $868,402 MEGA MONEY top prize, won by two winners, to an estimated $100 million FLORIDA LOTTO jackpot, won by four winners! The number of winners for each game and total dollar amounts won are as follows:
MONTHLY WINNERS REPORT
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DECEMBER 2002 YEAR-TO-DATE
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GAME WINNERS AMOUNT GAME WINNERS AMOUNT
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FLORIDA FLORIDA
LOTTO 2,084,402 $89,251,041(1) LOTTO 14,247,346 $483,670,666
MEGA MEGA
MONEY 563,186 $4,122,818 MONEY 6,542,880 $48,401,294
FANTASY FANTASY
5 3,238,138 $10,933,474 5 37,870,588 $128,877,821
PLAY 4 24,571 $9,579,305 PLAY 4 218,454 $90,555,348
CASH 3 97,686 $14,243,990 CASH 3 1,120,724 $156,951,915
SCRATCH- SCRATCH-
OFFS 11,474,460 $71,197,964 OFFS 111,043,221 $572,048,110
DEC. 2002
TOTAL 17,482,443 $199,328,592 TOTAL 171,043,213 $1,480,505,154
(1) Includes two winning 6-of-6 LOTTO jackpot tickets from the estimated $100 million drawing on Dec. 14, each paid in a lump-sum amount of $14,281,243.70; and a 6-of-6 jackpot from the estimated $10 million drawing on Dec. 25, paid in a lump-sum amount of $2,287,993.17. |
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