Most Of Florida Has Gas Less Than $3 A Gallon

Driving can get expensive, but the good news is that right now most of the Florida has gas less than $3 a gallon.

With the prices of everything else going up these days, it's nice to see one thing that isn't. Gas. Whether you have a long commute, or work just down the street, the miles can add up and so does the amount of money you spend on gas. There are so many other things I'd rather spend money on, but it is a necessary evil. I'm pretty grateful that my car gets around 40 miles a gallon, so I only fill up about once a week, but for some, they really go through it. But right now, the average price in the state of Florida for a gallon of gas is less than $3 a gallon for the first time in 2024. Granted, we're only a few weeks into the new year, but this is the lowest price we've seen for gas since the 20th of December.

According to Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA, in a press release he gives a reason for the 16 cent drop over the last 2 weeks. "Plunging temps across the country contributes to lower fuel demand, which normally leads to excess fuel supplies and lower prices. More than 70% of filling stations now have gas prices below $3 a gallon."

The most expensive area in the state for gas is West Palm Beach-Boca Raton where they're paying as high as $3.21 a gallon. Fort Lauderdale and Naples are the other two highest metro markets. The least expensive gas can be found in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach at $2.83 a gallon. Panama City and Pensacola round out the top 3 for cheapest gas in Florida.

For those of you who follow my posts (thanks Mom!) you're probably aware that I love Florida Lottery Scratch Offs. I also love it when I hear that someone has gone down to the Fort Myers Florida Lottery office to cash in a big ticket. Just yesterday we learned of Barbara Arnesen of Lake Placid, who cashed in her one million dollar winning ticket. She was playing the One Million A Year For Life ticket when she hit it big. So, how do you know which ticket to get?

Well, one thing you could do is play a ticket that is brand new. It seems like someone hits a fairly decent prize right out of the gate. Take for instance the Florida Lottery scratch offs that just came out this week.

As of today, the 500x card has already had 6 people cash in $20,000 winners. The 100X has had 6 people redeem $10,000 prizes. Even the $5 - 50X ticket has had 3 people cash in $10,000 winners. That's 3 days after they first hit stores, and, more importantly, those are the tickets that have been redeemed. How many winning tickets are at home in a safe because they can't make it to the lottery office until next week? That's a lot of money in just a few short days, but - none of the "X The Cash" tickets have had any jackpots cashed in yet. Yet. My money is on that happening soon. But what happens if you get to the gas station and they don't have these tickets? Do you look at the ones they do have and just guess? You don't need to.

One of the big reasons new tickets are so popular is because people know that all of the jackpot winning tickets are still available. But again, what about the others? Some of the tickets have no grand prize winners left. It's not as much fun scratching a ticket if you can't win the big prize. But how do you know? The Florida Lottery lists all the data on their website. And I'm going to break it down for you. These are the Florida Lottery tickets where all of the grand prizes have already been claimed. This data is current as of 1/18/2024.

If this game looks familiar, it's because it came out back in September of 2022. All of the $500,000 grand prizes have been claimed. And there's only 2 of the $10,000 prizes left.

8 people have claimed the $2 million dollar prize on this one. And that's all there is. Of the 204 $10,000 prizes, there's only 8 of those remaining.

The 2 dollar ticket of the same game. Same thing, too. All of the $100,000 grand prize tickets are gone. It is interesting to see that 15 of the $2,500 winners are still out there.

I think people buy the crossword tickets because they take longer. With this one, however, all of the 2 million dollar grand prizes are gone. There's still 2 of the 20 $100,000 winning tickets remaining.

This ticket has quite the draw. For just $2 it's a chance to win $1,000 a week for life. Unfortunately, they've all been claimed. And all 8 of the winners took the cash option of $930,000. Nobody has patience. Ha.

This has been a popular game. So popular that most of the big prizes have been claimed. There are no 5 million dollar tickets left and only one 1 million dollar ticket remaining. All of the $100,000 winners are gone, too. It's a $20 ticket that takes a long time to find out if you won something. Maybe pass on this one.

Lol. All of the rest have been winners remaining. If I didn't mention your favorite scratch off - you have a chance.

I'm liking the new ones. The $50 500x The Cash ticket has 2 $25 million and 160 $1 million dollar winning tickets. The $10 100x The Cash has 10 $2 million dollar winning tickets.

Good luck everyone! And Play Responsibly.