FLORIDA LOTTO $27 Million Jackpot Fact Sheet.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1999--

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  --  How rare is a jackpot "bump?" This week's bump of the FLORIDA
      LOTTO jackpot is the first since Feb. 5. Wednesday's FLORIDA
      LOTTO drawing represents only the second drawing in 1999 for
      which the jackpot has been bumped between drawings.

  --  How long has it been since the jackpot was this high?  This is
      the highest jackpot since the July 24 drawing for an estimated
      $55 million, when one lucky ticketholder won the jackpot and
      selected the Lottery's single-payment cash option, receiving a
      $25,438,370.41 prize.

  --  How fast are tickets selling? At noon today, FLORIDA LOTTO
      tickets were selling at the rate of 2,040 per minute for
      Wednesday's $27 million jackpot, compared with 960 per minute
      two weeks ago for a $6 million jackpot.

  --  Why should players buy early? Lines at some retailers could
      occur Wednesday evening as ticket sales peak at approximately
      6,000 per minute, probably around 5-7 p.m. Typical Wednesday
      sales have peaked at the 3,600-per-minute level since the
      Wednesday drawings began Oct. 27. For the four weeks prior to
      the addition of the Wednesday drawings, Wednesday sales peaked
      at just 600-1,200 per minute.

  --  How do higher jackpots benefit education in Florida? At the
      expected peak of sales Wednesday, Lottery players will be
      contributing approximately $2,300 per minute to education. By
      the time the drawing is over, players will have contributed
      approximately $2.3 million to education from this drawing alone.

              Nation's Current Largest Lottery Jackpots

State             Game            Jackpot Estimate     Drawing Date
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1. Pennsylvania   Super 6 Lotto   $73 Million          Wed., Dec. 1
2. (21 States)    PowerBall       $32 Million          Wed., Dec. 1
3. Florida        Florida Lotto   $27 Million          Wed., Dec. 1
4. Ohio           Lotto           $20 Million          Wed., Dec. 1
5. Massachusetts  Mass Millions   $15.2 Million        Thurs., Dec. 2