The Florida Lotto

This lotto allows you to pick your level of involvement with the decision of how much you invest on the ticket and that will reflect in the payout and you get the chance to try your hand out two times each and every week of the year.

Lottoâ€™s are so common now that most anyone knows how to go in and pick your numbers and get the ticket printed out. Here in Florida you pick six numbers form 1 to 53 or you can use what is known as the quick pick and let the machine decide what numbers you will get when it is printed. One unique feature in Floridaâ€™s lotto is that you can pick your lotto number for what they call Advance Play, which allows you to pick your number weeks in advance. This is extremely helpfull, specially if you always play with a fixed set of numbers, and you know that you will be away, or you afraid to forget playing.

As with most lottoâ€™s these days you can watch the results of the drawing on television, on the web site or you can come back and check them on the web at your leisure. The drawings themselves are actually held each and every Wednesday and Saturday night at 11:15 Eastern time. You can pay for a ticket for that nightâ€™s drawing up until 10:40 PM, subsequently that time the ticket will be valid for the next lotto drawing. It is also advisable to consider that the winning tickets are only valid for redemption for 180 days after the date of the drawing.

By the way, the odds of any one person winning the jackpot is a measly 1 in 22,957,480 which is much superiorthan it is in a lot of lotto drawings so there is more of a possibility that you can come out on top here.

Lotto tickets for the state of Florida can be purchased at official retailers within the state and are also available for purchase over the Internet, although you can mail in winning tickets from another state and have your prize mailed to you as long as you are over the age of 18 which is the legal age to play the lotto in Florida.

In these recession times it is important to consider that the IRS will have the state of Florida retain 25% of the winnings for taxes. However should you die before you collect the entire amount, the remaining balance will be paid to your estate so your heirs should be joyful.

About the Author

Ruca Martin, is a online marketeer, and article writer since 2002. You can check the latest Florida Lotto Results, prize payout, or even play it online, in http://florida-lotto.org/

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