Many players of the Florida lottery were very happy recently as they won large prizes when their numbers matched the winning numbers drawn in the Fantasy 5 lottery. Two of the many winners earned the largest prizes of over $125,000 each.

The lottery drawing took place this past Saturday night and two of the winners managed to match the most numbers and win $125,765.45 each. One winning ticket was purchased in Homestead and the other was purchased in Santa Rosa Beach.

Several players were able to match four of the drawn numbers, which were 2-12-15-19-36. 351 players to be exact and they won a prize of $115.50 each. Another 11,000+ players matched three numbers and earned $9.50, a small prize, but a prize none the less.

The Florida Lottery announced the winners on Sunday night and the players will be collecting their prizes soon. The top prize of the lottery totaled $251,530 which was split between the two winners.





- 2009-09-21