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August heats up with four new ways to win from the Florida Lottery

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Lottery is rolling out four new ways to win this summer with the announcement of four new scratch-off games.

The games - CASH ERUPTION, BINGO DOUBLER, 5X LUCKY, and $5,000 CROSSWORD - are on sale now.

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The new games range in price from $1 to $5 and feature more than $159 million in cash prizes.

CASH ERUPTION costs $5 and features more than $77 million in total cash prizes, including 12 top prizes of $500,000.

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Players can win up to $150,000 instantly with the $3 BINGO DOUBLER.

With up to 10 chances to win, the $2 5X LUCKY game gives players the chance to win all 10 prizes instantly.

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For $1, players can win up to $5,000 instantly on the $5,000 CROSSWORD scratch-off ticket.

Scratch-off games made up 77% of ticket sales and generated more than $1.8 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in the fiscal year 2021-22.

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The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $42 billion to enhance education and sending more than 917,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.

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