Broward’s lottery luck: 10 jackpot winners in less than a month. What to know
Broward County has been on a remarkable lottery hot streak — and it shows no signs of cooling down.
Between Feb. 28 and March 28, nine Fantasy 5 tickets purchased at stores across Broward County hit jackpot prizes, according to Florida Lottery records. Winning tickets were sold at gas stations, grocery stores and a Walmart liquor store.
The wins ranged from $42,000 to $131,000, with lucky players in Hollywood, Davie, Sunrise, Fort Lauderdale, Margate, Lauderdale Lakes and Oakland Park cashing in.
Also during that four-week stretch: A Mega Millions ticket purchased at a Liquor and Wine Merchant in Plantation for the March 6 drawing won $4 million.
Add them all up, and that’s 10 jackpot prizes worth over $4.7 million in less than a month.
Wins spread across the county
The nine jackpot-winning Fantasy 5 tickets were sold at a variety of retailers across Broward.
Multiple tickets were purchased at Publix supermarkets, with winning tickets sold in Sunrise, Fort Lauderdale and Oakland Park. Two winning tickets came from Exprezo gas stations — one in Davie and one in Sunrise — within a five-day span.
Other winners bought their tickets at the Ideal Food Basket supermarket in Fort Lauderdale, the Supermercados El Bodegón in Margate, the Walmart liquor store in Lauderdale Lakes and a RaceTrac gas station in Hollywood.
Breaking down the winners
Here is a recap of Broward’s nine winning Fantasy 5 tickets and the locations they were purchased since Feb. 28:
- March 23: $57,000 winner, RaceTrac gas station in Hollywood
- March 20: $42,000 winner, Exprezo gas station in Davie
- March 16: $57,000 winner, Exprezo in Sunrise
- March 12: $120,000 winner, Publix in Sunrise
- March 9: $117,000 winner, Publix in Fort Lauderdale
- March 3: $50,000 winner, Ideal Food Basket supermarket in Fort Lauderdale
- March 2: $50,000 winner, Supermercados El Bodegón in Margate
- March 1: $109,000 winner, Walmart liquor store in Lauderdale Lakes
- Feb. 28: $131,000 winner, Publix in Oakland Park
What are the odds?
The nine Fantasy 5 winners overcame the same long odds: a 1-in-376,992 chance of matching all five numbers (1 through 36) in a drawing.
The Mega Millions winner beat the 1-in-12,629,232 odds of matching all five white balls (1 through 70) in a drawing.
That 10 tickets bought in one county beat those odds in one month stands as a striking run of luck for lottery players in Broward.
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