$66 Million FLORIDA LOTTO Jackpot 6th Largest Ever

Business Wire, May 20, 1999

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1999--

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WHAT:       $66 million LOTTO jackpot estimate produced by three
            rollovers (second time this happened in 1999)

BUSIEST
STORES:     36 additional terminals installed at high volume locations

RATE OF
SALE:       $5,760 per minute statewide (5 PM Thursday)
            That's $2,188 per minute for education


WINNER
OPTIONS:    Single lump-sum payment or 30 annual installments of
            $2.2 million per year or $42,307.70 per week or $6,044 per
            day

LARGEST
JACKPOT:    $106.5 million on 9-15-90, split by 6 winning tickets

ODDS:       1 in 13,983,816

BENEFITS:   38 percent of every Lottery dollar goes to public
            education