Two lottery tickets worth over $100,000 sold at Florida Publix stores. Here’s where
Two lottery tickets worth over $100,000 each were sold at Publix stores in Florida.
The Fantasy 5 players won top prizes over Labor Day weekend with tickets that both came from Pinellas County in the Tampa Bay area, according to the Florida Lottery.
First, a lucky player won $130,734 by using computer-generated numbers and matching all five numbers in the Aug. 31 evening drawing, lottery records show. That ticket was sold at the Publix Super Market at the Caladesi Shopping Center in Dunedin.
In a Fantasy 5 evening drawing the next day, a player used their own set of numbers to win $105,279, Florida Lottery officials said.
That player bought the ticket at the Publix Super Market at the Madeira Shopping Center in Madeira Beach, an 18-mile drive south from the Dunedin Publix where the other winning ticket was sold.
The winning numbers in the Aug. 31 evening drawing were 5-7-24-26-30, and the winning numbers in the Sept. 1 evening drawing were 2-15-20-31-35, results show.
Fantasy 5 drawings occur twice daily. Players can either have a computer generate five random numbers ranging from one to 36 or select the numbers themselves, according to the Florida Lottery.
Pinellas County is on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
This story was originally published September 2, 2024 at 10:37 AM.