Playing Florida's Fantasy 5 Lottery

Playing the Florida Fantasy 5 Lottery

If you are looking to play the lottery's "winningest' game - Florida Fantasy 5 is the game for you! Fantasy 5 is one of the most exciting lottery game offered in the nation, and playing is easy! To play Florida Fantasy 5, you simply choose five numbers from 1 to 36. If you don't want to choose your own numbers, you can mark the Quick Pick box and the terminal will randomly select your numbers for you. It costs only $1 to play each panel, and you can play up to 10 panels on each playslip.

How To Win

There are 5 ways to win Florida Fantasy 5, but only one way to win the Fantasy 5 Jackpot. If you mach 5 of the 5 winning numbers drawn, in any order, you win the jackpot! Players can also win prizes for matching only 2, 3, or 4, numbers drawn. The total amount of the jackpot and other prizes depends on the amount of people playing and the amount of people who win in each prize category. But, the estimated jackpot prize for every game is $200,000.

How Do I Know If I've Won

Drawings for the Florida Fantasy 5 are held at approximately 11:15 pm ET every day of the week. You can watch the drawing on 13 different Lottery-affiliate TV stations! If you do win a cash prize, it will be paid out in a single cash payment. AND, what is especially exciting about Florida Fantasy 5 lottery, if there is no top prize winner, the money in the top prize pool rolls down and is shared equally among those who had 4 out of 5 numbers correct! Remember, if you win: You must claim your prize within 180 days of winning.

Fantasy 5 EZmatch Option

If you want to play Fantasy 5 but you don't like to wait to find out if you've won, you can choose the EZmatch option. The EZmatch option costs only $1 more and gives you the chance to win instantly! To play Fantasy 5 EZmatch, you simply choose 5 numbers and mark the EZmatch option. If you match any of your EZmatch numbers you win instantly! OR, you can choose to hold onto your ticket for the Fantasy 5 drawing.

Buy Fantasy 5 Tickets

At the present time most US lotteries do not allow players to buy lotto tickets online. If you want to play the Florida Fantasy Game you will have to make a trip to a lottery retailer. Online lottery ticket sales would eliminate the need for those inconvenient trips to the nearest lottery terminal. Most lottery experts say it is only a matter of time before the sale of online lottery tickets is widespread.