{"id":242319,"date":"2026-04-22T20:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242319\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:43:06","slug":"where-the-unclaimed-488000-of-florida-lottery-cash-was-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242319\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the unclaimed $488,000 of Florida Lottery cash was won"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s $488,544 in Florida Lottery Fantasy 5 evening drawing jackpot winnings unclaimed by eight winners, according to a lottery tracking website.<\/p>\n<p>Lottery.net says the eight winners, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lottery.net\/florida\/unclaimed-prizes\">six of whom played in the Miami<\/a> metropolitan area, bought their tickets for drawings from Dec. 30 through April 3. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/floridalottery.com\/winning\/guide#claim-options\">Florida Lottery rules<\/a> say draw game prizes must be claimed within 180 days.<\/p>\n<p>In chronological order:<\/p>\n<p>Dec. 30: A ticket from the Publix at 9100-3 Merrill Rd. in Jacksonville won $57,984. The last date to claim the money is June 28.<\/p>\n<p>March 6: A ticket from Floral City Foods, 8391 E. Orange Ave., in the Floral City area of Citrus County won $42,534. The last date to claim the money is Sept. 2.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/lottery\/article315493557.html\">READ MORE: A South Florida supermarket sold one of Tuesday\u2019s 2 lottery jackpot winners<\/a><\/p>\n<p>March 14: A ticket from a<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/lottery\/article315060844.html\"> Kwik Stop just outside Kendall<\/a> at 11256 SW 137th Ave. won $134,998. The last date to claim the money is Sept. 10.<\/p>\n<p>March 19: A ticket from the Publix at 6330 W. Indiantown Rd. in Jupiter won $59,426. The last date to claim the money is Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<p>March 21: A ticket from the Chevron at 3700 Bird Rd. in Miami on the edge of Coral Gables won $65,855. The last date to claim the money is Sept. 17.<\/p>\n<p>April 3: None of the three tickets with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/lottery\/article315300396.html\">a $42,581 split of this jackpot<\/a> have been claimed. The holders have until Sept. 30 to do so. The tickets came from a Richmond Heights Bravo Supermarket, 11247 SW 152nd St. in South Miami-Dade; the BP station at 6450 Pines Blvd. in Hollywood; and a Publix in unincorporated Palm Beach County, 10142 W. Indiantown Rd.<\/p>\n<p>These tickets must be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/floridalottery.com\/about\/lottery-offices\">cashed at one of the Florida Lottery district offices<\/a> or the main office in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776890586_713_695 Miami Herald sig 072115 Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David J. Neal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David J. Neal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Since 1989, David J. Neal\u2019s 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.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s $488,544 in Florida Lottery Fantasy 5 evening drawing jackpot winnings unclaimed by eight winners, according to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-242319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}