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Margate lottery ticket to split FL Lotto $42 million pot
Monday, February 12, 2007 posted 11:51 AM EST
A Lotto ticket sold in Margate was one of two that matched all six numbers drawn Saturday night, and the owner will split
the $42 million jackpot, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.
Saturday's numbers were 10, 11, 18, 24, 26 and 35. The Margate winner was a Quick Pick ticket sold at the Chevron gas station
at 5200 W. Sample Rd. The other winning ticket was sold in Port Charlotte.
The odds of hitting all six numbers are 1 in 22,957,480, according to the Florida Lottery.
The smaller prizes from Saturday's Lotto drawing:
• 235 tickets matched five numbers to win $4,641.50 apiece.
• 13,189 tickets matched four numbers for $67.
• 267,136 tickets matched three numbers for $4.50.
Meanwhile, two Fantasy 5 tickets, both sold in Miami-Dade, split Saturday's jackpot in that game and are worth $162,189.21
each, the lottery said.
One ticket was sold at Pamen Laundry, 3943 NW Seventh St.; the other was a Quick Pick sold at the Good Way Supermarket, 10936
NW Seventh Ave.
Saturday's Fantasy 5 numbers were 7, 13, 24, 33 and 35.
The Fantasy 5 prizes:
• 449 tickets matched four numbers for $116.50 apiece.
• 13,252 tickets matched three numbers for $11.
• 135,806 tickets matched two numbers to win a Quick Pick ticket for a future drawing.
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