Lottery player wins $121,000 jackpot prize in Florida. Where was the ticket sold?
A lottery player has a lot to celebrate after scoring a life-changing prize in Florida.
The player bought a Fantasy 5 game ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the March 5 evening drawing, making it worth more than $121,000, results show.
The winning numbers: 5-14-18-19-22.
So, where did the winner hit the jackpot? The lucky ticket was sold at the Pipkin Road One Stop convenience store in Lakeland, a roughly 35-mile drive east from Tampa, the Florida Lottery wrote in a news release.
Fantasy 5 is a jackpot game that offers tickets starting at $1. The Lakeland player beat 1-in-376,992 odds to score the game’s top prize, lottery officials wrote on their website.
As of early March 6, no one had claimed the prize, which totaled $121,578.28. In Florida, the winners of drawing games have about six months to cash in, rules show.
This story was originally published March 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM with the headline "Lottery player wins $121,000 jackpot prize in Florida. Where was the ticket sold?."
