Saturday’s major money Florida Lottery drawings — Florida Lotto, Fantasy 5, Powerball — produced three jackpot winners and seven other Florida-based winners of at least $12,000.
Nobody hit Powerball big six of 2, 4, 18, 50 and 56 with a Powerball of 20, so Monday’s drawing will have a top prize of $793 million. Of the Powerball Double Play’s 16, 52, 55, 58 and 67, one Florida player got four of them plus the Powerball of 24 for a $50,000 win.
The Florida Lotto jackpot will bump up to $9.25 million Wednesday after nobody had a ticket with 5, 29, 31, 36, 43 and 50. Two tickets had five numbers, one with a 4x multiplier for $12,000 and another with a 5x multiplier for $15,000. The Florida Lotto Double Play came up 1, 5, 13, 27, 30 and 35. Two tickets with five numbers and a 4x multiplier won $14,000, each. Two with five numbers and a 4x multiplier won $17,500.
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As for the jackpot hits, those came in the Fantasy 5 drawings, which had fatter jackpots than usual, probably puffed up by the big Powerball jackpot attracting more players who just threw extra bucks on Fantasy 5 tickets.
The Fantasy 5 evening draw numbers of 13, 18, 19, 26 and 29 were picked by a Florida Keys player at the Key Largo Circle K, 102525 Overseas Hwy., and the machine producing a free Quick Pick ticket at a Jacksonville Shell station, 4887 Gateway Pkwy.
Each ticket won $61,369
The midday draw jackpot, $60,942, went to the holder of a Quick Pick ticket with 3, 9, 13, 22 and 30, bought at Gate gas station, 10970 U.S. 1 North in Ponte Vedra Beach.
These tickets must be cashed at a Florida Lottery district office. The Miami office is at 14621 Oak Ln. in Miami Lakes, and can be contacted by emailing MIARC@flalottery.com and 305-364-3080. The Jacksonville office is at 8206 Philips Hwy., and can be reached at 904-448-4760 and JACRC@flalottery.com. Both offices are open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Appointments can be made, but aren’t required.
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.