Instead of receiving 30 monthly payments, which would give her the million dollars, the lucky player opted for the liquidation of the prize and obtained 795,000 dollars.
Dupuis purchased the ticket in Port Saint Lucie and the vending store will receive an additional $2,000 commission for selling the winning ticket.
The $20 Scratch-Off game, Gold Rush Limited, has been running since September 2021 and features 32 top prizes of $5 million and 100 prizes of $1 million.
In addition, as the statement explained, this game has prizes of 1,000 to 100,000 dollars and the odds of winning are 1 in 2.65 times.
Remember to play responsibly.
In addition, the amount of money earned could be subject to the payment of taxes, which in the case of Florida would only apply the federal rate to income, approximately 21%, since the state of Florida does not have a state or municipal tax on income. .
In fact, the Florida lottery was adopted in 1988 with the mandate to provide a significant amount of all revenue generated from ticket sales to state education.
According to the published report, the lottery in Florida generates tickets for more than 7,500 million dollars, of which 66.5% is allocated to prizes, 25.5% to education, 5.6% commissions to issuers, 1.4% of the seller’s fee of tickets and 1.0% in administrative expenses.
The minimum age to purchase a Florida Lottery ticket, regardless of the game, is 18 years old.