Florida Fantasy Five

Reply #5

ca-dreamin* — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:41:26 GMT

Here in IL 4 out of 5 pays $100. If there's no 5/5 winner the money rolls over and I've seen the jackpot hit a million a few times. Great if you can hit all 5 but for 4 numbers I like your system better.

Reply #4

joker17 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:56:23 GMT

I don't think it's a great idea. I've seen the 4 out of 5 hit as high as 1200 bucks. Also, you do have to pay taxes, even though it's not enforced. Any gambling win is taxable and has to be reported.

Reply #3

inittowin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:26:21 GMT

FANTASY 5 is a pari-mutuel game. Actual prize amounts depend on sales and the number of winners in each prize category. All FANTASY 5 cash prizes are paid in a single cash payment. If there is no top prize winner, the money in the top prize pool rolls down, and is shared equally among winners in the 4-of-5 prize level, with a maximum prize of $555 per winner. If the available roll down exceeds the $555 per winner maximum in the 4-of-5 prize level, the excess funds in the prize pool rolls down an... [ More ]

Reply #2

Skoaler — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:56:58 GMT

Probably cause of the economy.. for years a single winner of FLA 5 got around 500,000 dollars...now the average is 200.000 There are less playing now so they capped it...and its getting worse and worse as the economy has no hope or change at all

Reply #1

Todd — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:53:08 GMT

Florida Fantasy Five

joker17 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:25:35 GMT

Yesterday, a friend at work told me about the cap they put on 4 out of 5 rolldown. They maxed it out at 555 bucks.

I went to their site but couldn't find a reason why they did this. I think it's despicable.

Anyone know why they would do this other than the obvious? Saving money