Ocala Quick Stop Sells $48,204 Fantasy 5 Winner

A QuickPick ticket matching all five numbers in the Sunday, Nov. 8 evening drawing remains unclaimed as of Tuesday morning.

Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Gambling

Gouache-painted editorial illustration of a blank cream ticket shape on a muted teal field, with one corner torn away, centered in quiet negative space. — An Ocala Quick Stop sold a Fantasy 5 QuickPick ticket worth $48,204.53 for the Sunday, Nov. 8 drawing, and it remained unclaimed Tuesday morning. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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A Fantasy 5 ticket worth $48,204.53 was sold at the Marion Oaks Quick Stop at 287 Marion Oaks Lane in Ocala for the Sunday, Nov. 8 evening drawing. The ticket matched all five drawn numbers, 9, 10, 18, 26 and 32, and had not been claimed as of Tuesday morning.

Why it matters

The Ocala ticket is one of two winning tickets sold across Florida for that drawing, and it adds to a run of large Fantasy 5 wins in Marion County this year. Winners have until the claim deadline to come forward, and the unclaimed prize leaves the buyer's identity unknown.

The winning Fantasy 5 ticket is worth $48,204.53, a QuickPick that matched all five numbers, while 132 tickets matched four numbers and won $117.50 each statewide. The prize remains unclaimed, and the buyer has not been identified.

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Florida Lottery

The state-run lottery that conducts the Fantasy 5 drawings and administers prize claims for Florida players.

The details

The ticket was generated as a QuickPick at the Marion Oaks Quick Stop in Ocala and matched all five drawn numbers. Two other winning tickets sold in September and October in Ocala and Dunnellon brought the county's recent total to several large prizes.

Earlier this year, three Fantasy 5 tickets sold at the Publix on SW 86th Avenue in Ocala yielded two $100,000 prizes and a $34,000 prize.
In September, a Fantasy 5 ticket worth $56,554.23 was sold at a gas station in southwest Ocala.
On Oct. 28, a Fantasy 5 ticket worth more than $27,000 was sold at a Mobil station in Dunnellon.
On Sunday, Nov. 8, the evening drawing produced the winning Ocala ticket.
As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, the ticket remained unclaimed.

Seasonal Patterns

The Ocala win follows a string of large Fantasy 5 prizes sold in Marion County this year, including the Publix tickets and the $56,554.23 September ticket. Those prizes sit among the larger Fantasy 5 payouts tracked by the Florida Lottery in recent drawings.

Florida Lottery players who hold a Fantasy 5 ticket should check the numbers against official drawing results and confirm the claim deadline with the Lottery. Unclaimed prizes eventually expire, so holders should act before the deadline passes.

The takeaway

Lottery prizes are paid only to holders who claim them, so checking tickets against official results soon after each drawing protects the prize. Players should keep tickets safe and verify numbers themselves rather than relying on store announcements.