Florida Lotto jackpot reaches $9.25 million for Nov. 4 drawing

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The gist

Florida Lotto's jackpot stood at $9.25 million for the Nov. 4 drawing, with numbers 09-12-18-24-27-46.
The prize grew from $8.5 million on Oct. 31 as it went unclaimed.

Background

Florida Lotto is one of several draw games run by the Florida Lottery, alongside Powerball, Fantasy 5, Cash Pop and Pick games. The jackpot has been climbing since a Sept. 23 drawing reset it to $1 million, after a single ticket matched the Sept. 19 drawing. Florida law requires the lottery to publicly disclose a winner's full name, city of residence, game won, date won, amount won and the retailer's name and location.

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 19, 2026One ticket matched the Florida Lotto drawing (6-15-20-28-31-32; Double Play 16-17-21-27-30-36), a $10.75 million jackpot bought at a Publix in Spring Hill by a winner from Indialantic who took the cash option.
  2. Sep 23, 2026The Florida Lotto jackpot reset to $1 million for that drawing.
  3. Oct 31, 2026Florida Lotto numbers were 5-29-31-36-43-50 (Double Play 1-5-13-27-30-35), with the jackpot at $8.5 million.
  4. Nov 4, 2026Florida Lotto numbers were 09-12-18-24-27-46 (Double Play 07-10-21-32-47-49), with the jackpot at $9.25 million.
  5. Nov 7, 2026The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026 at 10:12 p.m.

Key terms

Double Play
An American multi-state lottery game with large jackpot drawings held several times weekly.
draw games
A form of gambling in which numbers are drawn at random for a prize.

Source: Wikipedia

Who’s saying what

Official
State lottery results pages, including Florida's, describe their games as offering multiple draw options for players hoping to win one of the available jackpots.

Still unverified

The sources describe the lottery results pages as generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a state editor.

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