MEGA MONEY Top Prize Tops $1 Million! Next Drawing is Tuesday Night.

News Editors

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2003

Florida Lottery:

-- For the first time this year, the Florida Lottery

MEGA MONEY(R) top prize has surpassed the $1 million mark! The

top prize estimate is $1,077,000 for the Tuesday, December 9,

2003 drawing.

-- This is only the sixth time in the four-year history of MEGA

MONEY the top prize has exceeded the $1 million mark.

-- Five rollovers have produced the current MEGA MONEY top prize.

The rollovers started on Saturday, November 22, when the top

prize rolled over to an estimated $284,000.

-- Five people from four cities won the largest MEGA MONEY top

prize ever, sharing the Tuesday, June 18, 2002 top prize of

$1,510,000.

-- The largest MEGA MONEY top prize to a sole winner was won by

Priscilla Miller of Lynn Haven (Bay County), who won

$1,199,517 from the Jan. 16, 2001 drawing.

-- MEGA MONEY ran for 18 weeks on a trial basis in early 1998

before becoming a permanent Florida Lottery On-line game on

June 1, 1999.

-- MEGA MONEY players choose four numbers plus the MegaBall for a

chance at winning the top prize, starting at approximately

$125,000. The odds of winning the top prize are 1:1,150,720.

-- MEGA MONEY drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 11

p.m. EST .

                   MEGA MONEY(R) LARGEST TOP PRIZES

Winner             Hometown      Top Prize Amount    Drawing Date
1 FIVE WINNERS     FOUR CITIES     $1,510,439     Tues., June 18, 2002
2 Priscilla Miller Lynn Haven      $1,199,517     Tues., Jan. 16, 2001
3 Richard Grow     Ocala           $1,197,352     Fri., June 26, 2002
4 Scott Milliard   Ft. Lauderdale  $1,179,087     Fri., Jan. 7, 2000
5 Annie Bell Shepherd Haines City  $1,136,460     Tues., Oct. 19, 1999

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