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If you play Fantasy 5 in Florida, then you need to check your old tickets before it's too late!
The Florida Lottery announced a Fantasy 5 top prize-winning ticket worth $43,586.20 remains unclaimed. The lucky winner has until Saturday, March 30, 2024, at midnight ET, to claim their top prize.
The winning ticket
This Fantasy 5 winning ticket was purchased from FL City Kwik Shop, located at 241 West Palm Drive in Florida City. The winning drawing took place on October 2, 2023, and it was the Fantasy 5 evening drawing. The winning numbers for that drawing were 7, 17, 20, 29, and 33.
The Florida Lottery is reminding any players who may have purchased a Fantasy 5 ticket at this lottery retailer to check their tickets from the October 2 drawing.
Players can validate the winning ticket at any Florida Lottery retailer. However, the Fantasy 5 top prize must be claimed at a Florida Lottery District Office.
Fantasy 5 - how does it work?
Fantasy 5 is a daily draw game with draws that take place every day at 1:05 p.m. ET (midday) and 11:15 p.m. ET (evening). Each Fantasy 5 play costs $1.
To play, players pick five numbers between 1 and 36, or you can opt for Quick Pick, which allows the computer to generate five numbers for you. Players can also mark EZmatch for $1 more per play, which gives them a chance to win instant prizes.
For EZmatch, you will be given five EZmatch numbers for each Fantasy 5 line. If you match any of the EZmatch numbers to your Fantasy 5 numbers, you will instantly win the prize shown. Prizes for EZmatch range from $2 up to $500.
For the Fantasy 5 numbers, there are four prize categories for matching two, three, four, or all five numbers. The prizes range from a free Quick Pick ticket up to the estimated jackpot of $200,000. The top three Fantasy 5 prizes are pari-mutuel, which means a percentage of ticket sales is allocated to each prize category, so the prizes can vary for each draw.
If no players match all five numbers during a draw, then the top prize money rolls down to the second prize category. Those winners will share the jackpot with a maximum of $555 per winner. If there is still money remaining from the jackpot, it rolls down to the third prize category, and it will be split equally among the winners, with a max per player of $18.
Big winners in Fantasy 5
Since Fantasy 5 began in 1989, the Florida Lottery has seen more than 1 billion Fantasy 5 and Fantasy 5 with EZmatch winners. Those winners have won more than $5 billion in prizes, helped generate more than $3.93 billion for education, and created 16 millionaires.
Enjoy playing the Florida Lottery, and please remember to play responsibly.
