Top five jackpots changing lives for Florida winners

Florida’s lottery jackpot winners continue to make headlines, with life-changing sums turning routine errands into moments of fortune.

Recent jackpot tickets, often sold at gas stations, supermarkets, or smaller retail locations, highlight how unsuspecting stops at places like Publix or convenience stores have led to winnings exceeding $100,000.

Winners from across the state beat long odds, such as those in the Fantasy 5 game, which has seen players secure six-figure payouts in recent months.

Take a look at some recent lucky strikes.

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Jugador del Fantasy 5 en la Florida gana jugoso premio en el sorteo del domingo 18 de agosto de 2024.

NO. 1: LOTTERY TICKET WORTH NEARLY $110,000 SOLD AT A FLORIDA GAS STATION. HERE’S WHERE

Check your numbers! | Published October 23, 2024 | Read Full Story by Tanasia Kenney

NO. 2: LOTTERY PLAYER WINS HUGE JACKPOT AT FLORIDA PUBLIX. WHERE WAS THE LUCKY TICKET SOLD?

Check your numbers! | Published January 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Tanasia Kenney

La afortunada ganadora declaró que planeaba usar el dinero en pagar facturas, añadiendo después que “le quedaba lo suficiente como para viajar un poco”.

NO. 3: LOTTERY PLAYER SCORES HUGE JACKPOT PRIZE IN FLORIDA. WHERE WAS WINNING TICKET SOLD?

Check your numbers! | Published January 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Tanasia Kenney

Friday evening’s Fantasy 5 drawing made a Miami player very happy. By DAVID J. NEAL

NO. 4: THURSDAY’S ONLY FLORIDA LOTTERY JACKPOT TICKET IS WORTH $117,000 AND WAS SOLD IN MIAMI

Did you get lucky? | Published February 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by David J. Neal

Florida Lottery players in Miami-Dade and Broward got pieces of a jackpot over the Friday and Saturday drawings.

NO. 5: WEDNESDAY’S FLORIDA LOTTERY JACKPOT TICKETS: MIAMI AND BROWARD, PUBLIX AND GAS STATIONS

Did you get lucky? | Published February 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by David J. Neal

This report was produced with the help of AI tools, which summarized previous stories reported and written by McClatchy journalists. It was edited by journalists in our News division.