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2 Publix shoppers win over $50K prize playing Fantasy 5

Fantasy 5

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two lucky Publix shoppers won over $50,000 playing Fantasy Five on Wednesday.

According to the Florida Lottery, the winning tickets were sold at a Publix in Jacksonville and Tampa during the midday and evening drawings on Wednesday.

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The winning ticket at the Jacksonville store was worth $53,205.61.

The winning Fantasy 5 numbers for Wednesday’s midday drawing were: 16-20-29-33-36

The winning ticket sold at the Tampa store was worth $58,374.70 and had winning numbers of 4-8-14-24-36.

The Florida Lottery said the shoppers will each have 180 days to claim their winning ticket.

“While any Florida Lottery retailer can validate the winning ticket, the FANTASY 5 top prize must be claimed at a Florida Lottery District Office,” a news release from the Florida Lottery stated.

Fantasy 5 is a pari-mutuel game in which players win the top prize by matching 5-of-5 winning numbers drawn in any order.

Players can also win cash prizes or a free Quick Pick ticket by matching two, three, or four of the numbers drawn in the official drawing for the date played.

“If there is no top prize winner, the money in the top prize pool rolls down and is shared among players who match 4-of-5 or 3-of-5 winning numbers,” the news release stated. “Since the game’s inception, more than 999 million FANTASY 5 and FANTASY 5 with EZmatch winning tickets have totaled more than $5 billion in prizes, generated more than $3.87 billion for education, and created 16 millionaires.”

For more information, call the Lottery’s Customer Service Department at 850-487-7787 or visit the Florida Lottery’s website at www.flalottery.com.


About the Author

Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born in Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.

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