Florida Lottery This Week's Big Jackpot
- By Franklin Asciendo
- Published 08/9/2008
- Florida Lottery

Florida Lottery $25 million After six draws over three weeks without any contestant picking all six numbers correctly, the Florida Lottery has grown to a prize of $25 million for a one-dollar entry. This is more than the current Mega Millions prize, putting Florida square in the lottery spotlight Saturday night.
Wednesday's draw gave the numbers 7, 9, 22, 23, 27, and 43. Although no one matched all six, eighty-six winners hit five, and received a payment of $4734.50. Almost 6000 tickets were good for four picks, earning $55; and about 114,000 winners hit three numbers and
The big jackpot will only help drive up the revenue collected from the Lottery, which this year returned a record $1.283 billion earned for education in the state, on sales of $4.174 billion, as of the fiscal year ended June 30th.
The Lottery also offers players the chance to increase their potential winnings; by purchasing a two-dollar ticket, the value of the jackpot increases by $10 million; by making the play a three-dollar one, the prize goes up by $25 million. Thus, a winner tonight could garner $50 million on a single $3 ticket.
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