Fla. Fantasy 5 lottery player wins $241,000

Comment #16

CASH Only — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:35:19 GMT

When NY Take Five was drawn once or twice a week, a single winner often won more than the amount in this article. It's been drawn seven nights a week for the past 5½ years; the top prize is now $100,000 or less. I've been calling for NY Take Five to be changed to a jackpot game.

Comment #15

SassyOhio — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:38:04 GMT

Hey Hey Tinker .... Glad to be back in circulation in general Thanks for everything

Comment #14

Tinker — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:59:27 GMT

Hi Sassy,

Glad to see you back. Good luck to you on Friday.

Comment #13

SassyOhio — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:49:44 GMT

I AGREE.... I CHECKED MY TICKETS TONIGH AND I DID WIN SOME ... FOR THE MOST PART MORE THEN WHAT I HAVE IN MM OR SHALL I SAY MORE OFTEN I THINK IN THE LAST MONTH I WON 9 BUCKS IN THE MM AND I HIT OVER THAT THIS WEEK ON ROLLING 5 I AM REALLLLY STARTING TO LIKE THAT GAME AND IF YOU CHECK ON THE OHIO LOTTERY WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE PRESS RELEASES (I DO DAILY) THEN THEY TELL YOU EVERY CLAIM THAT WAS MADE EACH DAY IN THE OHIO OFFICES AND YOU CAN ALWAYS BET THERE IS A NICEEEEEEE SIZE WINNINGS FOR ROLL... [ More ]

Comment #12

DoubleDown — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:12:23 GMT

Yes, RJOh, that OH game sounds like a better deal...

GA just doesn't have enough rollovers to build larger jackpots, but then again, I'm sure the recent smaller JP winners don't mind.....

I've seen some as low as $13K recently...

DD

Comment #11

RJOh — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:41:09 GMT

Ohio Rolling Cash5 is even better. 2 of 5 pays $1 and you can keep it or play any numbers you want. I like the $1 better than the a free QP because I can roll my winnings back into my system, I always win more when I pick my own numbers.

Comment #10

JimmySand9 — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:14:45 GMT

Just a reminder, ezMatch has Florida's best prize payout. It pays 68 cents on the dollar. The next highest, the $20 tickets, pay out 55%. The main Fantasy 5 draw game pays 50%.

Comment #9

JimmySand9 — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:09:03 GMT

The free QP prize definately had something to do with it (and was something they needed for a long time). But the primary reason is the fact so much of money that once went to the jackpot now goes to the 3/5 and 4/5 prizes. A smaller % of sales in the jackpot means smaller rollovers and smaller jackpots. But really, most of us will probably never win a jackpot of any kind, but we will most likely win a 3/5 here and there (if we play). So I like it when the winnable amounts get a good chunk of th... [ More ]

Comment #8

inittowin — Wed, 31 May 2006 22:38:49 GMT

Is the EZ match starting to lose it's appeal? The jackpot was averaging over $300,000.00 every night. Now it's on a downward trend. It won't be too long before it's back to the old averages of $175,000.00 to $200,000.00 per draw again. They should take the money they made off of the EZ match and pad the jackpot for the Fantasy 5.

Comment #7

bellyache — Wed, 31 May 2006 21:15:36 GMT

ITA. I like to read about the big winners and the smaller ones. Plus a LP winning a small or large jackpot would be newsworthy on Lottery Post.

Comment #6

DoubleDown — Wed, 31 May 2006 20:54:22 GMT

The Fantasy 5 in GA used to have large JP's but since they started awarding a free QP play for matching 2 of 5, the JP gets hit MUCH more often with lower amounts. As low as $13 K and the highest I've seen recently is $300K.

We have not seen a Million dollar JP in a very long time.

Prior to the change, it was fairly regularly.

DD

Comment #5

TNPATL — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:58:16 GMT

That is a nice amount of money. I know when Fantasy 5 in GA is sizable it does get talked about. That could be why the story made news.

Comment #4

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:56:48 GMT

i would be happy with a fantasy 5 jackpot.the matrix is so hard on the multi state jackpot games......

Comment #3

RJOh — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:54:27 GMT

Ohio Rolling Cash5 may have a $383,000 winner tonight and if it is me I would think it would be news worthy.

Comment #2

JimmySand9 — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:45:13 GMT

I wonder why this Fantasy 5 winner is so newsworthy? Yeah, they make a lot of bottled water in Zephyrhills, but still. Fantasy 5 has has plenty of quarter-million dollar winners.

Comment #1

bellyache — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:51:32 GMT

I wouldn't mind winning a $200,000 jackpot.

Fla. Fantasy 5 lottery player wins $241,000

Lottery Post — Wed, 31 May 2006 15:45:00 GMT

One winner of the Florida Lottery's Fantasy 5 game will collect $241,009.50, a lottery official said Wednesday.

The winning ticket was bought in the city of Zephyrhills, lottery officials reported.

The 344 tickets matching 4-of-5 numbers will collect $113 each.

The 11,015 tickets matching 3-of-5 won $9.50 each, and 106,251 tickets won a Quick Pick ticket for picking 2-of-5.

The numbers drawn Tuesday night were 1-5-9-30-34.

Tonight's Florida Lotto jackpot is $6 million.... [ More ]