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CANTONMENT MAN CLAIMS $198,369 FANTASY 5® TOP PRIZE TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announced today that FANTASY 5® winner David Jordan, 69, of Cantonment, claimed the FANTASY 5 top prize drawn on September 8. Jordan received a one-time, lump-sum payment in the amount of $198,369.62. He purchased his winning FANTASY 5 Quick Pick ticket at Tom Thumb, located at 6960 Mobile Highway in Pensacola. The retailer received a bonus incentive of $500 for selling the top prize winning ticket. According to Jordan, he is an avid FANTASY 5 player and has been since the game began in 1989. Yesterday, he purchased two FANTASY 5 tickets, one with his favorite numbers and the other was a Quick Pick. He and his wife got up this morning to check the numbers in the newspaper and when he first glanced he knew he didn't win with his numbers but some of the numbers looked similar to the numbers on the Quick Pick ticket. He then visited the Lottery's Web site to double check the numbers, and called Tom Thumb to triple check. Jordan says he is still in shock and beyond excited about his prize. "I wouldn't know what to do with a million dollars but this was the perfect amount," Jordan said. Total ticket sales for this top prize generated approximately $255,000 for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF). Since 1988, the Florida Lottery has contributed more than $19 billion to the EETF, benefiting our students and schools, as well as funding more than one million Bright Futures scholarships. By a two-to-one margin, Florida voters in 1986 approved a constitutional amendment authorizing the state to operate a lottery for the purpose of generating significant additional moneys for education. 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. # # # |
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