TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announced today that one ticket matched the six winning numbers in the Wednesday, September 24, FLORIDA LOTTO™ drawing. The lucky player purchased a $1 LOTTO, winning the $3 million base jackpot. Had the winner purchased the $2 LOTTO PLUS™ option, he or she would have won $13 million; with the $3 LOTTO PLUS option, he or she would have won $28 million.

The winning FLORIDA LOTTO numbers were:

05 - 08 - 16 - 20 - 28 - 51

The winning ticket was sold at the following location:

Hess Express
5511 Clarcona Ocoee Road
Orlando (Orange County)

More than 72,000 FLORIDA LOTTO players won cash prizes for matching three, four or five numbers. Prize payouts are as follows:

55 players matched five numbers, each winning $4,910.50.
3,645 players matched four numbers, each winning $60.00.
68,728 players matched three numbers, each winning $4.50.

FLORIDA LOTTO is Florida's game of `choice', offering players three levels of jackpots to choose from: The $1 LOTTO jackpot starts at $3 million and increases with each rollover if no one matches the six-of-six winning numbers; the $2 LOTTO PLUS jackpot starts at $13 million - the base jackpot plus $10 million; and, the $3 LOTTO PLUS jackpot starts at $28 million - the base jackpot plus the $10 million and an additional $15 million!*

The next FLORIDA LOTTO drawing will be held on Saturday, September 27, at 11:00 p.m. ET, with jackpots of $3 million, $13 million and $28 million.