Top 3 Winning American Lotteries to Play in Florida
Lotteries are a whole lot of fun no matter where you play them, and Florida is a state with more options than most.
If you want to be in with a chance of taking home the jackpot, here are just three of the lotteries you can play in Florida, and the features they offer which help them to stand out from the crowd.
Mega Millions
One of the best known lottery brands around, Mega Millions has been on the Florida scene for almost a decade now, and as the name suggests it has a seriously large jackpot whenever it is played.
What makes it particularly interesting is that as well as being about to nab a standard Mega Millions ticket for $2, you can pay an additional $1 to get the Megaplier added to your ticket. This multiplies any winnings, and in the past has resulted in payouts worth up to $500 million.
The only downside is that Mega Millions has just 2 weekly draws, occurring on Tuesdays and Fridays. This means that you usually have to plan ahead to play, rather than being able to do so on a whim whenever you feel like it.
Check out Florida Lotto for more information on what to expect from playing Mega Millions, as well as all of the other top games available in the state.
Powerball
If you thought that winning half a billion dollars with Mega Millions was an appealing prospect, then just wait until you find out how much could be netted courtesy of Powerball.
Back in 2018, one lucky person picked the numbers that earned them $1.54 billion. The fact that they picked the smaller one-off payment of $877 million says a lot about how intimidating it can be to suddenly join the billionaire’s club.
Like Mega Millions, if you want to play Powerball in Florida then you will need to wait for its bi-weekly draws, which in this case occur on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Jackpot winners will need to match all 5 of the standard numbers as well as the titular Powerball. Even if you get five numbers without this final coup de grace, you will still walk away with $1 million. Meanwhile a single matched number plus the Powerball, or the Powerball on its own, will pay out $4.
Cash4Life
Everyone is familiar with the standard lottery jackpot concept; you pick your numbers, you match as many as you can and then you wait for the draw to occur, at which point you either win a set amount, or you lose.
Cash4Life is a Florida lottery that takes a different approach to its payouts. As the name suggests, rather than giving winners a lump sum to aim for, it lets you walk away with one of two top level prizes.
The first will pay you $1,000 dollars a day, every day for as long as you live. That’s equivalent to making $365,000 a year indefinitely, so you could effectively retire instantly without ever having to worry about money again.
The second will pay you $1,000 a week for life, which is a smaller $52,000 annual sum, but still plenty of useful spending money to supplement your existing salary, no matter your circumstances. For most people, this will be completely life-changing, and could give you the chance to follow your passion rather than working a boring job out of necessity.
There are also smaller one-off cash prizes for matching fewer numbers, but Cash4Life’s appeal definitely comes from its twist on the classic lottery jackpot. Furthermore, it means that you will not have to put up with the hassle of having a huge amount of money dumped on you in one fell swoop. The slow but steady trickle of wealth will make you feel rich, without the baggage.
The importance of odds
Now that you know a little about three of Florida’s top rated, most potentially lucrative lottery games to play, it is worth considering that the odds are obviously stacked against you when you buy a ticket, especially if you have the intention of winning the jackpot.
For example, the likelihood of winning the Mega Millions main prize is a little over 302 million to one, while the Power Ball odds are similarly staggering. Cash4Life is a little better, with players having a 1 in 21 million chance of winning.
Of course playing the lottery is just something we do for fun, and smaller prizes are far more likely to be won.
