TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Peter Pierre, 47, of Lake Worth, claimed a $1 million top prize in the $5 MONOPOLY™ JACKPOT Scratch-Off game at the Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $715,000.00.
Pierre purchased his winning ticket from Coconut Creek Gas & Wash Corporation, located at 6600 North State Road 7 in Coconut Creek. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $5 Scratch-Off game, MONOPOLY JACKPOT features more than $32 million in prizes. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-3.98.
Scratch-Offs are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, generating more than $871 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in FY 2017-18, and comprising approximately 69 percent of ticket sales.
