There were 54 Florida Lottery winners in July, falling short of the 64 winners in June and remaining far behind the 81 winners in February.
The biggest Florida winner of the month was a $2 million Jackpot Triple Play ticket sold at a Publix in Pompano Beach on July 26.
The biggest winner of the month was a Powerball ticket sold in Ohio on July 3. The ticket was worth $138 million.
Is there a way to increase the odds of winning one of the Florida Lottery games? Where are all those winning tickets sold? Are your chances higher if you allow the machine to pick your numbers? Does Publix really sell more winning tickets than any other retailer? And what about 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 July to answer those questions.
How many Florida Lottery winners were there in July 2024?
In July, there were 54 winners in the drawings held between July 1 and July 31.
Compare July winners to those earlier this year:
- January: 56 winners
- February: 81 winners
- March: 57 winners
- April: 60 winners
- May: 53 winners
- June: 64 winners
Twenty-six of all the winning tickets sold in July were quick pick.
In July, there were four days when there were no winners in any of the draw games, with the exception of Cash Pop and the Pick games.
So far, the only month in 2024 with at least one winner every day was February.
Were more winning July lottery tickets sold at Publix?
For the seventh month in a row, more winning Florida Lottery tickets were sold at Publix than any other retailer.
Here are the top retailers in July with at least two sales:
- Publix: 18
- Race Trac: 3
- 7-Eleven: 3
- Winn Dixie: 2
- Walmart or Walmart Market: 2
Publix has been the top retailer every month so far: January (16), February (37), and March (25), April (26), May (20),June (23).
What Florida city had the most lottery winners in July?
Here are the cities in July — with at least two sales — where the most winning lottery tickets were sold:
- Miami: 8
- Naples: 4
- Palm Bay: 3
- Tampa: 3
- Orlando: 2
- Panama City Beach: 2
- Port St. Lucie: 2
- St. Petersburg: 2
- Tallahassee: 2
- West Palm Beach: 2
Miami, Miami Gardens, North Miami, Miami Shores have been the top locations for winning tickets every month in 2024, but in April, shared the lead with Port St. Lucie.
If you buy a lottery ticket at a Publix in Miami do odds of winning improve?
Of the eight winning lottery tickets sold in Miami, one was sold at a Publix super market.
What Florida Lottery game saw the most winners in July?
Not surprisingly, most winners were playing Fantasy 5. There were 46 winners in July, compared to 53 winners in June.
Twenty-four of the Fantasy 5 winners opted for the quick pick option of having the machine pick their numbers.
What other games had winners in July?
Other than Fantasy 5, there were winners in these games:
- Cash4Life: 5 winners; tickets sold in Georgia, New Jersey and New York, Tennessee
- Powerball: 1 winner; ticket sold in Ohio
- Jackpot Triple Play: 1 winner; ticket sold in Pompano Beach
- Florida Lotto: 1 winner; ticket sold in Kissimmee
What were the biggest jackpots won in July ?
The big winner of the month was a Powerball ticket sold in Ohio that was worth $138 million.
The largest Florida winner was a Jackpot Triple Play ticket sold in Pompano Beach worth $2 million.
Other big winners during the month were:
Florida Lotto, sold in Kissimmee on July 3: $250,000
Four winning Cash4Life tickets were sold in July. All were sold outside of Florida, two in New York and one each in New Jersey, Georgia and Tennessee. All were worth $1,000 a week for life.
What was the biggest Fantasy 5 jackpot in July?
The biggest Fantasy 5 winner in July was the $128,706 ticket sold July 13 at a Publix in Port St. Lucie.
Port St. Lucie also was where the largest Fantasy 5 ticket was sold in June. A ticket sold at Walton Shell on June 1 was worth $136,661.
What was the smallest Fantasy 5 jackpot won in July?
The smallest Fantasy 5 winner during the month was a $18,553. There were three winners in the drawing, with winning tickets sold at: Community Mobile in West Palm Beach, 360 Fuel Store in Panama City Beach and 7-Eleven in Palm Bay.
How many quick pick tickets won in July lottery drawings?
Twenty-six winners in July opted for the quick pick option, with the biggest winner a Florida Lotto ticket worth $250,000 sold at a Publix Kissimmee.
