Ever wonder about how to play the FLORIDA LOTTO? Hold on to your oranges, because we’re about to dive into the exciting world of FLORIDA LOTTO! In this guide, we’ll show you how to play Florida’s very own homegrown game.
Florida LOTTO Basics
Meet FLORIDA LOTTO, the lottery game that could make Wednesday and Saturday your new favorite nights of the week. FLORIDA LOTTO is the original Florida Lottery game. Top prizes start at $1 million and roll until there is a winner. Drawings are held twice a week.
Cost: $2.00
Top Prize: Starting at $1,000,000.
Drawings: 2 nights a week at 11:15 PM EST
Overall odds of winning a prize: 1 in 7.61
How to Play FLORIDA LOTTO
Learning how to play FLORIDA LOTTO couldn’t be easier. Choose six numbers from 1–53 or there’s always the handy dandy Quick Pick. Match all six numbers to win the grand prize.
FLORIDA LOTTO’s Multiplier
Similar to the Megaplier with Mega Millions, every ticket ordered includes a randomly generated “multiplier” number that automatically increases non-jackpot cash prizes by two, three, four, five or ten times. With FLORIDA LOTTO, this multiplier comes automatically on your ticket with no extra cost.
Double Play Add-on
For a chance to win cash prizes in an additional drawing held immediately after the FLORIDA LOTTO drawing, using the same numbers played on your FLORIDA LOTTO ticket, select the Double Play box. Double Play costs $1 more per play. Match the Double Play number for a chance to win up to $250,000.
How do you play EZmatch in FLORIDA LOTTO?
Create some instant fun and play EZmatch. EZmatch is an add-on feature (for an additional $1) that gives you a chance to win more FLORIDA LOTTO prizes instantly. Here’s how it works:
- Add the EZmatch to your lottery ticket.
- Your ticket will come with six additional random numbers.
- If any of the numbers under the EZmatch area of your ticket matches any of the 6 FLORIDA LOTTO numbers you chose (whether you played your lucky numbers or got a Quick Pick), you instantly win the prize shown next to the EZmatch number.
Florida Lotto Prizes
There are five ways to win a Florida Lotto prize. For example, match 6 out of 6 numbers to win the jackpot. Matching 5 out of 6 numbers earns you $3,000. The bottom line: the odds of winning any Florida Lotto prize are 1 in 7.61.
Double Play Prizes
The overall odds of winning a Double Play prize for FLORIDA LOTTO are 1 in 7.61
EZmatch Prizes
The overall odds of winning a EZmatch prize for FLORIDA LOTTO are 1∶4.71
What happens if you win FLORIDA LOTTO?
Winning numbers are drawn Wednesday and Saturday night at approximately 11:15 PM EST. If you bought your FLORIDA LOTTO ticket in person from a retailer, check the Florida Lottery website for more information on how to claim your prize. Smaller prizes can be claimed from any lottery retailer. Prizes of $600 or more will mean a trip to a Florida Lottery Office. Get the latest FLORIDA LOTTO results here.
Frequently Asked Questions
How are EZmatch numbers generated?
EZmatch numbers are more similar to a scratch-off ticket than a draw game. When you add EZmatch to your ticket, the Florida Lottery system determines a set number of winners at each prize level within a designated group of tickets.
When you add-on the EZmatch feature to your FLORIDA LOTTO ticket, the system randomly selects tickets to be a EZmatch winner or non-winner. When a winning ticket is generated, the system will print a set of EZmatch numbers to match one of the 6 FLORIDA LOTTO numbers played for the drawing, along with a predetermined prize amount.
What is the cost of a FLORIDA LOTTO ticket?
The base cost of a FLORIDA LOTTO ticket is $2. There are two available ticket add-ons:
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EZmatch is an additional $1 per play
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Double Play is an additional $1 per play.
When is the drawing for FLORIDA LOTTO?
The FLORIDA LOTTO drawing takes place every Wednesday and Saturday at 11:15 PM ET.
How many numbers do I need to match to win?
With FLORIDA LOTTO, you can win a prize by matching just two numbers! The more numbers you match, the larger the prize.
This article originally appeared on Jackpocket.com and was syndicated by MediaFeed.org
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Scratch-Offs vs. Draw Games: Does One Have Better Odds Than the Other?
The lottery is a game of luck. Whether you participate in draw games such as Powerball or Mega Millions or try your luck on scratch-off tickets (also known as instant games, scratch cards or scratchers) is a purely personal choice. Many love the thrill of instantly knowing if their ticket is a winner, while others look forward to the suspense of a big lottery drawing.
So, is it better to play scratch-offs or the lottery? That depends completely on you! Let’s take a closer look at scratchers and how they compare to draw games in ticket price, prizes, and odds.
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Scratch-off tickets are just as they sound: You scratch off the silver coating on your ticket to instantly find out if you’ve won!
Draw games are what you’re most likely familiar with (think Powerball, Mega Millions, Cash4life or Pick 3): You select a set of numbers and wait for the date of the official drawing to find out if your numbers match the numbers drawn.
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Whereas popular draw games such as Powerball or Mega Millions have a fixed cost of $2 per ticket ($3 with a multiplier add-on), scratch-off games come in a variety of costs ranging from $1 to $100 for a single ticket.
The more expensive scratch tickets often have a higher tiered prize structure, meaning the top prize may be greater for a $100 scratcher ticket than it is for a $1 ticket.
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So, wondering how to play scratch-offs? It might sound complicated since there are so many games available, and each game has a different way to win, but it’s actually pretty simple.
Scratch off the coating on the ticket with a quarter or fingernail. If the symbols underneath the silver portion match the requirements, you’re an instant winner. How much you win will vary from ticket to ticket and what is matched. But more on that below.
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While the odds of winning the popular draw game such Powerball are one in 292,201,338 for the top prize (because that’s how many different number combinations there are in the game) the odds of winning the top prize on a scratcher ticket can be much higher in comparison. They will vary but game, but they could be around one in 200,000 for a top prize versus one in almost 300 million for Powerball.
Here’s another difference between scratch offs and draw game odds. Ticket sales affect the odds for Scratchers but not for other lottery draw games which have fixed odds depending on the number of potential number combinations there are to win.
When deciding what scratcher ticket to spend your lottery budget on, you may want to know what games have already claimed top prizes or how many top prizes remain. That’s because Scratchers offer higher chances of winning the top prize as more tickets are sold.
Here’s how it works: the lottery produces a fixed number of each Scratcher, and as tickets are purchased, the pool of potential top-prize winners decreases. Therefore, the odds of winning a top prize increase as the number of available tickets decreases. However, once a top-prize-winning ticket is bought, the odds of winning the remaining top prizes decrease because there are fewer such prizes left.
For more information about scratch-off odds of winning and to see what prizes have been won for a given ticket, visit your local state lottery website. Find your state lottery website easily searching your “state” + “lottery” in your favorite browser. There you can browse all the available lottery games for your state.
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How to win on scratch-offs will vary based on the game. But the overall premise of each game remains the same, The goal is to match a set of symbols a particular number of times to win a specific prize. There are a lot of theories out there about how to find a winning ticket, but it’s all about luck. Remember, it only takes 1 ticket to be a scratch-off winner!
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Prize structures vary from game to game. It doesn’t matter whether you’re playing a local state draw game, a scratch-off game or a big draw game such as Mega Millions. The prize structure for scratch-off tickets will be described on the ticket. It will show you exactly what symbols need to be matched to win, along with the dollar amount to be won.
And don’t forget to check the remaining prizes for scratchers, which are also available on the state lottery website. This can help you decide if you still want to order a specific ticket. Once each prize level has the maximum number of winners, it’s gone. This could be the deciding factor when choosing between two scratch-off tickets.
State lotteries create new scratch cards regularly. If your ticket isn’t a winner, you may be tempted to throw it out. Hold on to it! Check your state lottery website to see if a second chance drawing is being held for your game using the ticket serial number from your non-winning ticket.
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Still wondering, is it better to play scratch-offs or the lottery? Let’s look closer at scratch-offs versus Powerball as an example. The overall odds of winning a prize with Powerball is one in 24. While the odds of winning a prize with a scratch-off depends on the game, it’s possible to have games with one in five odds of winning or even higher.
Balance that with the fact that the top prize for Powerball starts at $20 million—which can be significantly higher than most scratch ticket top prizes.
This article originally appeared on Jackpocket.com and was syndicated by MediaFeed.org.
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