{"id":297434,"date":"2026-06-05T17:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297434\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T17:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:15:11","slug":"miami-clermont-and-cocoa-residents-among-florida-lotterys-february-big-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297434\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami, Clermont, and Cocoa residents among Florida Lottery’s February big winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The Florida Lottery<\/a> announced several major winners across the state for February 2026, with residents from South Florida<\/a> to Central Florida <\/a>claiming multimillion-dollar prizes in both draw and Scratch-Off games.<\/p>\n

Leading the list is Primitivo Batista, 61, of Clermont, who won the $21.5 million FLORIDA LOTTO<\/a> jackpot from the Feb. 4, 2026, drawing. Batista claimed his prize on Feb. 9 at the Lottery\u2019s Orlando District Office and chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $11.7 million. He purchased his winning ticket at BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club on U.S. Highway 27 in Clermont, according to the news release. <\/p>\n

In Miami-Dade County, the Florida Lottery said that another big win came from Montrez Harris, 53, of Miami, who claimed a $5 million top prize from the 200X THE CASH Scratch-Off game. Harris picked up his winnings at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee on Feb. 13 and opted for a one-time lump-sum payment of $2,779,400. His winning ticket was purchased at a Raceway store on Northwest 183rd Street in Miami Gardens.<\/p>\n

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In Miami-Dade County, another big win came from Montrez Harris, 53, of Miami, who claimed a $5 million top prize from the 200X THE CASH Scratch-Off game. Harris picked up his winnings at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee on Feb. 13 and opted for a one-time lump-sum payment of $2,779,400. His winning ticket was purchased at a Raceway store on Northwest 183rd Street in Miami Gardens. (Florida Lottery) <\/p>\n

On the Space Coast, Debra Winters, of Cocoa, also joined the list of big winners, claiming a $1 million prize from the $25,000,000 GOLD RUSH MULTIPLIER Scratch-Off game. According to lottery officials<\/a>, Winters claimed her prize at the Orlando District Office on Feb. 18 and chose a lump-sum payment of $638,100. Her winning ticket was purchased at a Publix store on Murrell Road in Rockledge.<\/p>\n

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On the Space Coast, Debra Winters, of Cocoa, also joined the list of big winners, claiming a $1 million prize from the $25,000,000 GOLD RUSH MULTIPLIER Scratch-Off game. Winters claimed her prize at the Orlando District Office on Feb. 18 and chose a lump-sum payment of $638,100. Her winning ticket was purchased at a Publix store on Murrell Road in Rockledge. (Florida Lottery) <\/p>\n

See also: New FBI fraudster list spotlights cases topping $1B in alleged losses, South Florida link<\/a><\/p>\n

Scratch-Off games also continue to produce significant winners statewide. The $20 200X THE CASH game offers players a chance at a $5 million top prize, with more than 6.9 million winning tickets and over $313 million in total cash prizes. Meanwhile, the $50 GOLD RUSH MULTIPLIER game features two $25 million top prizes and 60 $1 million prizes, with more than $1.2 billion in total prizes and overall odds of 1-in-4.09.<\/p>\n

Under Florida law, lottery winners\u2019 names and cities of residence are considered public record and may be released by the Lottery after 90 days.<\/p>\n

The Florida Lottery continues to play a key role in funding education across the state. Since its inception, the Lottery has contributed more than $50 billion to education and helped send more than one million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The Florida Lottery announced several major winners across the state for February 2026, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-297434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297434","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=297434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}