Two Fantasy 5 winners to split over $60,000, two scratch-off tickets scored $1 million each

C. A. Bridges, Daytona Beach News-Journal
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Two lucky Fantasy 5 players will split the jackpot of $63,448.32 in last night's drawings, according to the Florida Lottery. One ticket was sold in Fort Lauderdale, the other in Tamarac.

But the luckiest winners yesterday were women from Lee and Walton counties, who each claimed $1 million prizes from the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game.

Salma Fajardo, 22, bought her winning ticket from the Publix at 6700 Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers.

Vanessa Tirado-Gutierrez, 53, of DeFuniak Springs, bought hers at the Highway 83 General Store at 4483 Highway 83 North in DeFuniak Springs.

Both women chose to receive their winnings as one-time, lump-sum payments of $820,000.00. The retail locations will each receive a $2,000 bonus commission.

Games played Thursday included: Cash4Life, Cash Pop and Fantasy 5.

Here are Thursday's results:

Cash4Life winning numbers from Aug. 10 drawing

  • Winning numbers: 38-44-50-51-53 Cashball: 3

  • Jackpot, $1,000 a day for life: No winners

  • Jackpot, $1,000 a week for life: No winners

  • Next jackpot draw date: Aug. 11

Cash4Life is a regional multi-state game that offers two lifetime prizes and great odds. For $2, players try to match five white balls (1-60) and the Cash Ball (1-4) to win the top prize $1,000 a day for life.

If you match only the five white balls you win the second prize of $1,000 a week for life.

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Fantasy 5 winning numbers for midday drawing Aug. 10

  • Winning numbers for midday drawing: 3-6-10-14-24

  • Jackpot: Rolldown

  • Winning tickets: None

  • Next jackpot draw date: Aug. 11

Fantasy 5 is a daily draw game with a top prize of approximately $100,000 if won by a single winner. If there is no top-prize winner, the top prize rolls down to the 4-of-5 and 3-of-5 prize levels. Tickets cost $1 per play.

Fantasy 5 winning numbers for evening drawing Aug. 3

  • Winning numbers evening drawing: 25-26-28-30-31

  • Jackpot: $63,448.32

  • Winning tickets: Two

    • Bob's News, 1515 S Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale - QP

    • Publix #0302, 5881 University Drive, Tamarac

  • Next jackpot draw date: Aug. 11

If there is no top prize winner, the money in the top prize pool rolls down and is shared equally among winners who picked four out of the five numbers, with a maximum prize of $555 per winner.

Cash Pop winners from Aug. 3 drawing

  • Morning: 13 winners

  • Matinee: 1 winners

  • Afternoon: 15 winners

  • Evening: 8 winners

  • Late night: 14 winners

Cash Pop gives players a chance to win prizes up to $1,250 by matching just one number. Select a number from 1 to 15 or select up to 15 numbers. Then select the amount you want to play per number: $1, $2, or $5. The dollar amount played determines the cash prize you could win. Lastly, select how many consecutive draws you want to play; you can select up to 10 consecutive draws.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Florida Lottery for Thursday: Scratch-off winners win $1 million each