TALLAHASSEE-- The Florida Lottery announced today that MEGA MONEY™ winner Linda Asselin, 59, of Clermont claimed the September 30 $1.5 million MEGA MONEY jackpot.

Asselin chose the one-time, lump-sum payment option for her winnings in the amount of $1,034,370.00. The winning MEGA MONEY Quick Pick ticket was purchased at Publix, located at 250 Citrus Tower Boulevard in Clermont. The retailer received a bonus incentive of $4,000.00 for selling the jackpot-winning ticket. The winning numbers were:

01 - 11 - 12 - 39 and the MEGABALL® was 21

According to Asselin, the winning ticket sat in her purse for almost a week before she discovered she had the jackpot winning ticket! She will continue working part-time and playing Florida Lottery games.

The Florida Lottery's MEGA MONEY game includes the following features:

Top prizes starting at $500,000 increasing to $2 million.
A free ticket for matching just the MEGABALL.
Advance Play for up to 30 drawings.

Total ticket sales for this jackpot generated approximately $1.5 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).