The Florida State is well known for a lot things, the Keys, Orlando’s Disney, the Space Coast beaches that never end and the Florida Lotto. Everyone likes to gamble and even though it is technically not gambling per say it is taking a chance and the payouts are pretty good and even if you don’t hit the numbers, the proceeds from what you spend go to a good cause. So in the end, every one is a winner.

This lottery allows you to pick your level of involvement with the decision of how much you spend 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.

Lotto’s are so common now that almmost 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 Florida 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 lotto’s these days you can watch over 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 buy a ticket for that night’s drawing up until 10:40 PM, later than that time the ticket will be valid for the next lotto drawing. It is also advisable to memorize that the prize-winning tickets are only valid for redemption for 180 days after the date of the drawing.

Incidentally, 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 opportunity that you can win.

Lotto tickets for the state of Florida can only be bought at official retailers within the state and are not 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 troubled financial times it is important to bear in mind 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.

You can check the latest Florida Lotto results, prize payout, or even play it online, in www.florida-lotto.org