Lotto - top 10 Payouts4

Florida Lotto has distributed over $631 million to more than 218,000 winners of a 5/6 prize since 1988. Following are two tables which show: a) The top ten Lotto 5/6 payouts per individual winner, and b) The top ten number of Lotto 5/6 payout winners per draw.

Interesting to observe:

Seven of the top ten 5/6 Lotto payouts were awarded more than 13 years ago.
All of the top ten 5/6 Lotto payouts surpassed the $10,000 mark.
Nine of the top ten 5/6 Lotto payouts were recorded in draws that produced rollovers [R].
    [The number after "R" indicates the nth rollover recorded during the draw].
Five of the top ten 5/6 Lotto payouts were recorded after one rollover [R-1].
Four of the top ten 5/6 Lotto payouts were recorded after two rollovers [R-2].
The 17 winners of draw # 1 on 7 May 1988 represent the smallest number of 5/6 winners ever recorded.

 

TA: TOP 10 LOTTO 5/6 PAYOUTS PER INDIVIDUAL WINNER

Payout / Winner W Draw Date     Numbers R / J
$ 12,582.00 125 20 09/17/88 1 21 24 38 39 44 R - 2
$ 12,563.50 95 23 10/08/88 12 17 30 43 44 46 R - 1
$ 12,294.50 114 43 02/25/89 2 26 36 41 43 49 R - 2
$ 12,001.50 17 1 05/07/88 15 17 30 42 44 49 R - 1
$ 11,711.50 63 4 05/28/88 12 13 19 20 36 48 J - 3
$ 11,352.50 61 12 07/23/88 10 23 26 36 37 42 R - 1
$ 11,205.50 24 858 04/17/02 1 31 33 42 43 50 R - 1
$ 10,476.00 110 16 08/20/88 6 24 28 40 47 48 R - 2
$ 10,330.00 28 804 10/10/01 21 31 37 39 43 50 R - 2
$ 10,239.00 25 708 11/08/00 7 25 38 42 43 49 R - 1

 

Interesting to observe:

All top ten Lotto draws with the highest number of 5/6 payout winners also recorded jackpot winners.
    [The number after "J" indicates how many rollovers occurred prior to the jackpot being won].
On two occasions did more than 2,000 players collect a 5/6 payout.
On nine occasions did more than 1,000 players collect a 5/6 payout [# 9 is not shown].
Draw # 60 with the highest number of 5/6 winners also recorded the lowest 5/6 payout ever. Furthermore, that draw recorded the highest number of Lotto jackpot winners ever, when 9 players shared $7 million. Only on two other occasions have 9 players shared a jackpot: on 23 Nov 1991 [$15.70 m] and on 31 Jul 1993 [$28.76 m].
Only once since 1995 have more than 1,000 players collected a 5/6 payout - on 22 May 1999.

 

TB: TOP 10 NUMBER OF LOTTO 5/6 PAYOUT WINNERS PER DRAW

Payout / Winner W Draw Date     Numbers R / J
$ 320.00 2,954 60 06/24/89 5 13 21 33 35 45 J - 0
$ 2,987.00 2,026 182 10/26/91 7 16 17 23 27 30 J - 4
$ 469.50 1,817 63 07/15/89 10 19 26 34 48 49 J - 0
$ 957.50 1,718 362 04/08/95 1 2 4 7 28 49 J - 3
$ 1,178.00 1,647 255 03/20/93 7 12 14 18 27 47 J - 3
$ 4,488.00 1,581 124 09/15/90 5 6 21 34 35 45 J - 4
$ 441.50 1,309 274 07/31/93 1 14 24 34 44 46 J - 2
$ 747.00 1,252 577 05/22/99 3 5 7 8 25 35 J - 3
$ 1,019.50 1,173 148 03/02/91 3 7 18 19 27 39 J - 1
$ 2,651.00 1,098 18 09/03/88 3 5 19 20 27 35 J - 3

 

Revised: 10-26-03