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JACKSONVILLE WOMAN CLAIMS $2 MILLION MEGA MONEY™ JACKPOT! TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Lottery announced today that MEGA MONEY™ winner Julie Thomas, 34, of Jacksonville claimed the $2 million MEGA MONEY jackpot drawn on February 23. Thomas chose the one-time, lump-sum payment option for her winnings in the amount of $1,377,376.15. The Gate store, located at 1001 Monument Road in Jacksonville, received a bonus incentive of $1,000 for selling the jackpot-winning ticket. In addition to this ticket, the store also sold a $10 million winning BILLION DOLLAR BLOCKBUSTER Scratch-Off ticket in December 2009. The Florida Lottery's MEGA MONEY game includes the following features:
Total ticket sales for this jackpot generated approximately $2.65 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF). Since 1988, the Florida Lottery has contributed more than $20 billion to the EETF, benefiting our students and schools, as well as funding more than one million Bright Futures scholarships. By a two-to-one margin, Florida voters in 1986 approved a constitutional amendment authorizing the state to operate a lottery for the purpose of generating significant additional moneys for education. The next MEGA MONEY drawing will be held on Tuesday, March 2, at 11:15 p.m. ET with a $650,000 jackpot. Webcasts of Florida Lottery drawings are available on the Lottery's Web site at flalottery.com. # # # |
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