In May there were 53 Florida Lottery winners.
The biggest winner of the month was a Powerball ticket worth $214 million sold May 6 at a Miami Shores Publix.
Is there a way to increase your chances of winning one of the Florida Lottery games? Where are all those winning tickets sold? Are your chances better if you let the machine choose your numbers? Does Publix really sell more winning tickets than any other retailer? And what about the city? Does that count?
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We tracked all the winners in the various drawings (Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto, Jackpot Triple Play, Cash4Life and Fantasy 5) held in May to answer your questions.
How many Florida Lottery winners were there in May 2024?
In May, there were 53 winners in drawings held between May 1 and May 31.
Compare May’s winners to those from earlier this year:
Twenty-seven of all winning tickets sold in May were quick picks.
In May, there were six days when there were no winners in any of the sweepstakes games, except for Cash Pop.
So far, the only month in 2024 with at least one winner each day was February.
Are more winning lottery tickets sold at Publix?
For the fifth consecutive month, more winning Florida Lottery tickets were sold at Publix than at any other retailer.
These are the top retailers in May with at least two sales:
- Publix: 20 winners
- Circle K: 9 winners
- Walmart: 2 winners
- Cumberland Farms: 2 winners
- Kwik Stop: 2 winners
- Winn Dixie: 2 winners
Publix has been the top retailer every month so far: January (16), February (37), March (25) and April (26).
Which Florida city had the most lottery winners in May?
These are the cities in May (with at least two sales) where the most winning lottery tickets were sold:
- Miami, Miami Gardens, Miami Coasts: 10
- Tampa: 2
- Farm: 2
- Saint Petersburg: 2
Miami, Miami Gardens and North Miami have been the top places to win tickets every month in 2024, but in April they shared the lead with Port St. Lucie.
If you buy a lottery ticket at a Publix in Miami, do your chances of winning improve?
Of the 10 winning lottery tickets sold in Miami, Miami Gardens or Miami Shores, three were sold at a Publix supermarket.
Which Florida Lottery game had the most winners in May?
Not surprisingly, the majority of winners played Fantasy 5. There were 46 winners in May, compared to 47 in April.
Twenty-three of the Fantasy 5 winners opted for the quick pick option of having the machine pick their numbers.
What other games had winners in May?
In addition to Fantasy 5, there were winners in these games:
- Mega Millions: 2 winners (both won $1 million)
- Cash4Life: 2 winners (tickets sold in New Jersey and New York)
- Florida Lotto: 1 winner (won $4.25 million)
- Powerball: 1 winner (won $214 million)
- Triple Play Jackpot: 1 winner (won $950,000)
What were the biggest prizes won in May?
The big winner of the month was the Powerball ticket sold on May 6 at a Publix in Miami Shores. It was worth $214 million.
Other big winners during the month were:
- Florida Lotto, Publix, May 11: $4.25 million
- Cash4Life, sold in New York on May 15: $1,000 a week for life.
- Cash4Life, sold in New Jersey on May 16: $1,000 a week for life.
- Mega Millions, 7-Eleven, May 7: $1 million
- Mega Millions, Publix, May 14: $1 million
What was the biggest Fantasy 5 jackpot in May?
The biggest Fantasy 5 winner in May was the $135,996 jackpot sold on May 18 at an AMI Food Mart in Panama City Beach.
What was the smallest Fantasy 5 jackpot won in May?
The smallest Fantasy 5 winner for the month was an $18,810 jackpot sold on May 23 at a St. Petersburg Publix.
How many quick pick tickets did you win in the May lottery drawings?
Twenty-seven winners in May opted for the quick pick option, with the biggest winner being the $214 million Powerball ticket. Three of the month’s top quick pick tickets were sold at Publix.
Big quick pick ticket winners in May include:
- $214 million Powerball sold at Publix in Miami Shores
- $4.25 million, Florida Lotto, sold at Publix in Bradenton
- $1 million, Mega Millions, sold at Publix in San Antonio
- $1 million, Mega Millions sold at 7-Eleven in Bonita Springs
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