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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009

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THREE FANTASY 5® PLAYERS SHARE $257,794 TOP PRIZE

TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Lottery announced today that three lucky players matched all five winning numbers in the Saturday, October 31, FANTASY 5® drawing and will share a $257,794.14 top prize.

The winning FANTASY 5 numbers were:

04 - 22 - 25 - 26 - 29

The winning tickets were sold at the following locations:

Quick Save II Discount Beverage - Quick Pick
7696 West Homosassa Trail
Homosassa (Citrus County)

Stop N Shop - Quick Pick (Free Ticket)
499 North State Road 434, Suite 1017
Altamonte Springs (Seminole County)

Shop N Save #104
4428 Inverrary Boulevard
Lauderdale (Broward County)

The retailer will receive a bonus incentive of $500 for selling the top prize winning ticket.

More than 120,000 other FANTASY 5 players won cash prizes or a free Quick Pick ticket for matching two, three or four numbers. Prize payouts are as follows:

314 players matched four numbers and each won $132.00.
11,196 players matched three numbers and each won $10.00.
109,172 players matched two numbers and each won a free Quick Pick ticket.

FANTASY 5's EZmatch option produced 16,100 winners with prizes totaling
$51,576.00.

The next FANTASY 5 drawing will be held tonight at 11:15 p.m. ET. Webcasts of Florida Lottery drawings are available on the Lottery's Web site at flalottery.com.

Yesterday's CASH 3™ winning numbers were 0-8-2 for the midday drawing and 6-9-1 for the evening drawing. The PLAY 4™ winning numbers were 2-0-1-4 for the midday drawing and 2-8-3-7 for the evening drawing.

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Please Note: Every effort has been made to ensure that the enclosed information is accurate; however, in the event of an error, the winning numbers and prize amounts in the official record of the Florida Lottery shall be controlling.

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