THREE lottery tickets totaling more than $100,000 were sold and won in one day at three different Publix locations.
All located in Florida, three different Publix locations sold one winning lottery number draw each, two from the same draw.
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Drawn on Thursday, Fantasy 5 games were played at midday and evening times.
Tickets cost about $1 each as a base cost, with overall odds of 1:7.58 of winning any prize and 1:376,992 odds of winning the jackpot.
The two midday winners were drawn at locations in different cities:
- 7999 Martin Luther King Blvd., St. Petersburg
- 915 Doyle Road, Deltona
Night ticket was purchased at 3501 49th Street N in St. Petersburg.
Two midday winners won $18,810.59 on their tickets, while the night’s winning ticket brought home nearly five times the day’s winners.
Purchased as a Quick Pick ticket, the night’s winner raised $119,425.64.
Total proceeds from tickets purchased at Publix stores on Thursday come to about $157,000.
Despite the large sum of money at stake, no winner has yet emerged.
COUNTDOWN TO CLAIM
Winners have 180 days to claim their winnings based on the winning numbers:
- Midday draw: 2-11-19-26-27
- Night draw: 5-18-22-25-33
Draws are held at 1:05 pm and 11:15 pm every day for the Fantasy 5 game.
Because prizes each cost more than $600, winners will have to make an appointment or go to a Florida Lottery district office to claim their money.
They will have to fill in a winner complaint form and bring the winning ticket with some form of identification.
Once winners come forward, they will be subject to a 24% income tax withholding.
Unlike some states, Florida also requires winners to identify themselves to the public, including their full name, city of residence, game won, date won, amount won and location where the ticket was purchased.
Top US Lottery Winners
Millions dream of winning the lottery and finding fame and fortune. These are the biggest winners in US lottery history.
- Edwin Castro – $2.04 billion, Powerball, November 8, 2022, in California.
- Theodorus Struyck – $1.765 billion, Powerball, October 11, 2023, California.
- Unknown Winner – $1.602 Billion, Mega Millions, August 8, 2023, Florida.
- Marvin and Mae Acosta of Los Angeles, California, John and Lisa Robinson of Munford, Tennessee, and Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt of Melbourne Beach, Florida – $1.586 billion, Powerball, January 13, 2016.
- Unknown Winner – $1.537 Billion, Mega Millions, October 23, 2018, from South Carolina.
- Winner unknown – he sued his child’s mother to keep his identity hidden – $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, January 13, 2023, from Maine.
- Unknown Winner – $1.337 Billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, from Illinois.
- Cheng and Duanpen Saephan and Laiza Liem Chao – $1.326 billion, Powerball, April 7, 2024, from Oregon.
- Yanira Álvarez – $1.08 billion Powerball, July 19, 2023 in California.
- Wolverine FLL Lottery Club – $1.05 Billion, Mega Millions, January 22, 2021, from Michigan.
- Winner unknown – $842.4 million Powerball, January 1, 2024, from Michigan.
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