Florida Lottery

Learning how to play the Florida Lottery is quick and straightforward. You'll find several games to choose that allow you to select between two and six numbers. Drawings are held as often as once a day or as infrequently as twice a week. The more numbers you match to the drawing, the greater your prize could be.

You can also play scratch-off lottery tickets. These games have instructions printed on the card that tell you how many items to scratch off to reveal your prize.

The odds of winning the top prize in the lottery are highest for games with lower winnings. You have 1-100 odds of winning the top prize in the Pick 2, which is $50 for a $1 wager. Odds decrease to 1-1,000 for the highest win on Pick 3, which is $500 for a $1 wager. The odds are 1-10,000 for the Pick 4, in which you can win $5,000 for a $1 wager. For the Pick 5, odds are 1-100,000 of winning $50,000 on a $1 wager.

·         Fantasy 5: 1-376,992

·         Jackpot Triple Play: 1-3,122,273

·         Florida Lotto: 1-22,957,480

·         Powerball: 1-292,201,338

      ·         Mega Millions: 1-302,575,350

·         Cash4Life: 1-21,846,048

·         Cash Pop: 1:15

If you're wondering when the lottery drawing is, you'll need to start by checking which type of ticket you have. The sales close and draws for Florida lottery games are as follows:

If you want to find out what were the winning Florida Lotto numbers, you'll have to check the draw for that game. You can check online or watch the drawings on TV. Wondering what are the  numbers for your game? Watch the following television channels:

·         Fort Myers: WFTX (FOX), WWDT (Telemundo)

·         Gainesville: WCJB (ABC)

·         Jacksonville: WJXX (ABC), WTLV (NBC)

·         Miami and Fort Lauderdale: WFOR (CBS), WBFS (myTV), WLTV-TV (Univision), WAMI-TV (Unimas)

·         Orlando, Daytona Beach, Melbourne: WKMG (CBS), WTMO (Telemundo)

·         Panama City: WJHG (NBC)

·         Pensacola: WFGX (MyTV), WEAR (ABC)

·         Sarasota: WWSB (ABC)

·         Tallahassee: WTXL (ABC)

      ·         Tampa and St. Petersburg: WFTS (ABC), WVEA-TV (Univision)

·         West Palm Beach: WPEC (ABC), WWHB-TV (Azteca)

Florida has several lottery games that you can play. For the Florida Lotto, jackpots start at $1 million and roll through twice-weekly drawings until a winner is announced. The largest Florida Lotto jackpot to go to a single winner was approximately $81.6 million in 2000.

Winning tickets are good for 180 days. 

If your prize is $599 or less, you can claim your lottery payouts at any Florida Lottery office retailer. You can also mail your claim or drop it in the dropbox at any district office. To claim a prize of $600 or more in person, you must make an appointment at the Florida Lottery Headquarters or a district office. To claim winnings of $600 or more by mail, include a copy of one form of identification and a completed prize claim form with your lottery ticket. Send your form to:

Florida Lottery

Claims Processing

250 Marriott Drive

Tallahassee, FL 32399

To claim a prize of $250,000 or more, you must submit your prize claim form in person at the FL Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.

No unfortunately you cannot remain anonymous in the state of Florida. By Florida law, the FL Lottery must provide records of the winner's name, city of residence, what they won, when they won it, and how much they won. The only information that is kept confidential is you address and phone numbers.

 The official website is flalottery.com 

Yes, there have been several people in Florida that have matched all of the winning numbers and have won jackpot lottery prizes.  To learn more about Florida Lottery Winners go to https://www.flalottery.com/winners