Sometime in 1986, the local government of Florida initiated the lottery game which it named after itself. Today, the Florida Lottery has been marked as one of the biggest lottery games in the world, having turned hundreds of its lucky players into millionaires and a thousand more into happy winners of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The citizens of Florida initially voted for the lottery game to be financed by the local government to help aid in providing additional budget for their education system. It has been empirically proven that lottery games can have exceedingly huge revenues, money which the government can utilize to fund more projects for the benefit of its citizens.
In the past 21 years, the Florida Lottery game has met and exceeded this goal. Today, the Florida local government has already collected millions of dollars as revenue from all the lottery games while at the same time, provide its citizenry with a top notch lottery game that is able and capable of giving away millions of dollars as prize. Florida now has one of the best education systems in the United States, while the Florida Lottery has earned world-wide recognition as one of the best managed lottery games.
Florida Lottery Games include:
1. The Florida Powerball
2. The MegaMoney
3. Fantasy 5
4. Florida Lotto Game
5. Cash 3
6. Play 4
7. Scratch offs
On top of these regular game offers, Florida Lottery also have other special games and promotions which also give out huge amounts of money. For example, Florida Lottery hosts a Summer Cash Game every summer and a Firecracker Millionaire Raffle every 15th of May.
How old should you be to be able to play the Florida Lottery?
No matter how noble the intention of government-managed lottery games are, they are still considered as gambling games. So, if you want to play the Florida Lottery, you have to be at least 18 years old. Otherwise, you will not be able to buy the ticket and even if you did, through fraudulent means, you will not be entitled to collect the prize.
How can you claim your winnings?
The process differs depending on the amount you’ve won. For example, if your prize is $600 or under, you can go directly to any retailer of the Florida Lottery and redeem your prize there. However for prizes between $600 and $250000, you will have to redeem your winnings at the district office in Tallahassee. When you won the jackpot prize of the Powerball which is $1000000 you will have to go to the same office, the headquarters of the Florida Lottery located in Tallahassee.
Where Can You Buy the Tickets?
There are about 13,000 retailers all over Florida where you can purchase your lottery ticket. You can also buy online if buying in any of these outlets is too much of a hassle for you. But be careful that you are only buying from official sites as there are so many scammers online waiting to prey on you and feed on your money.
