Florida Lotto - Winners

Winners

• Largest Florida Lotto jackpot: 6 tickets shared $106.5 million on September 15, 1990, just two years after its launch (the Lottery initially advertised this jackpot at $75 million but raised it thrice; the final estimate was $100 million)
• Largest for one ticket: Whispering Pines Lottery Trust of New Port Richey won $81.6 million on March 29, 2000. They elected to receive the lump sum of $38,777,403.46, which was the largest one-time payout the Florida Lottery had made to date.
• Most Rollovers: $52 million won on April 17, 2010 by one ticket. The jackpot was finally won after a record 19 rollovers.
  • With the rollover on December 21, 2011, Lotto has rolled over 26 consecutive times and counting. It was last won on September 14, 2011, and the jackpot for the December 24, 2011, drawing is $50 million.
• First jackpot: Josie Morre of Port Charlotte won $14,080,000 on May 28, 1988.
• Largest Unclaimed Prize: Single ticket sold in North Bay Village won $53,700,000 on March 12, 2003 but was never claimed.
• Largest Lotto Plus prize: Richard Cormier won $18 million for a $8 million jackpot; he bought a $2 Lotto Plus ticket for the drawing of April 18, 2009. Mr. Cormier elected to be paid his winnings in a lump sum; he was awarded $11,025,708.
• Most jackpot winners in one draw: 3 occurrences where 9 tickets each shared a jackpot: June 24, 1989; November 23, 1991; and July 31, 1993. In the 1991 occurrence, one player claimed 2 of the 9 winning tickets.
• Smallest Jackpot Prize: $399,600 on June 24, 1989. Nine tickets (see above) shared a jackpot of $3.6 million (cash value). Due to the low jackpot shares, each winner was given a lump sum rather than the annuity value (the only way before 1998 a winner could receive their jackpot share in lump sum.)
• Most winning tickets by one person in one drawing: Regino Musa claimed 3 of 7 winning shares for the February 5, 2005 drawing. Interestingly, Musa's winning tickets were 3 of 5 winning tickets sold by one retailer; the other 2 were never claimed.
• Abraham Shakespeare, winner of a $35 Million 2006 jackpot, found buried under a concrete slab in 2010