ONE winner has made 500 times her cash back while playing the Florida lottery.
A stop at the Publix in Cape Coral brought Florida resident Jenny Marotzke a $1million prize.
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The price of a ticket was $50 for the Florida Lottery “500x the Cash” scratch-off game.
In the scratch-off game, winners had to match their numbers for a range of winning digits.
There were also “5X,” “10X,” “20X,” “50X,” and “100X,” prizes available.
If the winning numbers matched any of players’ bonus numbers, they could secure a $500 bonus winning.
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The odds of winning Jenny’s game were roughly one in 267,739.
Jenny chose to take her winnings in a one-time payment of $820,000.
Many lottery players winning big
Jenny isn’t the only lottery player to win big recently.
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Also in Florida, two people who live only four miles away from each other both won $1 million from a $50 scratch-off game.
A Virginia resident also won a $1 million jackpot this month.
One man who routinely visited Michigan for business picked up a lottery ticket in Ann Arbor each time he was there, and it finally paid off — winning him a $1million prize.
How to play the lottery responsibly
Winning such a huge lottery drawing is still incredibly rare, so it’s important to make sure you play responsibly.
Make sure to not spend more than you can afford on lottery tickets, or play so often that it damages your budget.
There are several strategies to increase your odds of winning as well.
Pooling is one of the best methods.
By pooling your money with other people buying lottery tickets, you can buy more tickets, thereby increasing your chances of winning. Then you split the prize among all the players.
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One Massachussetts woman revealed she won a $100,000 prize by using a combination of birthdates and her favorite numbers.
Meanwhile, in Colorado, a grandmother won a whopping $133million by playing the same five numbers for 30 years before winning big.
