FLORIDA LOTTERY Winners for February and 2003 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)--March 11, 2003 A total of 16,104,477 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 $146,849,072 during February February: see month. 2003 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 32,201,671 Lottery tickets, including some multiple winners, have won a total of $280,770,500 for calendar year 2003 from the Florida Lottery. February winners collected prizes that included a $272,897 FANTASY 5 top prize, a $310,077 MEGA MONEY top prize, a "$1,000,000 Cash Spectacular" scratch-off ticket paid in a lump sum Lump sum A large one-time payment of money. of $685,143, and an estimated $35 million FLORIDA LOTTO jackpot claimed by one winner! The number of winners for each game and total dollar amounts won are listed below. Note: For the month of February, the Lottery's estimated transfer to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to help support Florida schools equals $76.3 million!
MONTHLY WINNERS REPORT
FEBRUARY 2003 YEAR-TO-DATE
GAME WINNERS AMOUNT GAME WINNERS AMOUNT
FLORIDA FLORIDA
LOTTO 1,131,321 $32,603,030(a) LOTTO 2,050,230 $ 58,011,705
MEGA MEGA
MONEY 474,165 $ 3,729,093 MONEY 996,293 $ 7,295,483
FANTASY 5 3,123,108 $ 10,481,559 FANTASY 5 6,289,421 $ 21,760,422
PLAY 4 19,773 $ 10,557,915 PLAY 4 34,241 $ 16,256,693
CASH 3 102,901 $ 17,011,125 CASH 3 212,193 $ 31,301,290
SCRATCH- SCRATCH-
OFFS 11,253,209 $ 72,466,350 OFFS 22,619,293 $146,144,907
FEB. 2003
TOTALS 16,104,477 $ 146,849,072 TOTALS 32,201,671 $280,770,500
(a) Includes a 6-of-6 jackpot from the February 8, 2003 drawing,
paid in a lump-sum amount of $19,829,541.
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