Florida Lottery Tickets Win Cash Prizes Across South Florida

Florida Lottery drawings have produced multiple cash prizes across South Florida, with winning tickets sold at grocery stores and a gas station in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. According to reports published by the Miami Herald and TCPalm between October 7 and October 10, 2026, Fantasy 5 players shared prizes while a separate $10.75 million Florida Lotto jackpot ticket sold in Spring Hill remained unclaimed.

In Friday's Fantasy 5 drawing, two tickets matched the winning numbers 3, 11, 14, 19 and 31, earning $56,615 each. The winning tickets were purchased at Sedano's, 12175 SW 26th St., in West Miami-Dade, and Love's Travel Stop, 7791 NW 47th Ave., in Ocala, according to the Miami Herald.

A separate Fantasy 5 midday drawing on Thursday awarded $18,879 to each of three winning tickets. The tickets matched 4, 14, 24, 27 and 34, with purchases reported at a Valero station at 1800 W. Flagler St. in Little Havana, Publix at 10701 Wiles Rd. in Coral Springs, and Publix at 4100 Hood Rd. in Palm Beach Gardens.

The Florida Lottery also reported an outstanding multimillion-dollar prize from its September 19 drawing. According to TCPalm, a Quick Pick ticket sold at Publix, 4365 Commercial Way, in Spring Hill matched all six winning Florida Lotto numbers: 6, 15, 20, 28 and 31 and 32.

The ticket carried a $10.75 million jackpot, but the Florida Lottery's online records showed that the prize remained unclaimed as of October 3. The winner's identity had not been disclosed in the report.

Florida Lotto's jackpot subsequently reset to $1 million for the September 23 drawing. After four rollovers, the prize reached $2.75 million for the October 7 drawing, whose winning numbers were 10, 31, 36, 43, 44 and 48. The Double Play numbers were 12, 14, 21, 31, 47 and 50, according to TCPalm.

Florida Lottery rules give winners 180 days from the drawing date to claim a prize. Those choosing the single-payment cash option must claim within the first 60 days, according to the report. Florida law generally makes winner information available to the public, including the winner's name, city of residence, game, date and prize amount.

However, winners claiming prizes of $250,000 or more receive a temporary exemption from public disclosure for 90 days after claiming their prize, unless they waive that protection, the Florida Lottery website states.

Florida Lotto drawings take place at 11:15 p.m. Eastern time every Wednesday and Saturday, including holidays. Players select six numbers from 1 through 53, and the odds of matching all six numbers are 1 in 22,957,480, according to the lottery information cited by TCPalm.

Meanwhile, the Miami Herald reported that the Mega Millions jackpot had reached $385 million for the Tuesday drawing following its October 10 report. The same report listed the Saturday Powerball jackpot at $516 million and the Florida Lotto jackpot at $3.5 million.