Gambling on Lottery Pays Off For Two Floridians on Saturday Night

In Florida, the state lottery has not reached high numbers much this year. People have been hitting the winning numbers almost on a weekly basis. That has stopped the lottery from growing into huge payday's.

On Saturday, the grand prize for hitting all six numbers grew to $47 million. That was one of the highest payouts so far this year. Two people were lucky enough to match all six of the numbers and now will be splitting the $47 million.

The two new millionaires were not the only lucky winners in Saturday's draw, however. $6,004 will be paid out to each of the 191 people holding tickets that matched five of the numbers. 11,786 people received a little holiday bonus of $79 for matching four of the six numbers.

Three number matches grew to 245,404 people in this week's lottery. That makes a total of 257,383 people who will have made money for the holiday season from the latest lottery draw.

The winning numbers for this week were: 02-12-32-36-40-43. The two people that hit all six numbers were from different parts of the state. One of the winning tickets was sold in Fort Meyers. The other winning ticket came from Bonita Springs.

December 23, 2007
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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