ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And we end this segment with this sign of the times. Floridians who are sick of the high price of gas have a new reason to play the lottery. It's a game called Summer Cash.</s>MICHELE NORRIS, host: A five dollar ticket could win the run-of-the-mill big cash prize of $250,000, but it's the alternate prizes that caught our eye. Four hundred winners could win free gasoline for a year, and 40 could win the new Holy Grail: free gas for life.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Of course Floridians should weigh the odds that five dollars could also buy one more gallon of gas.
As gas prices across the nation climb to all-time highs, the Florida Lottery is trying to cash in. The lottery's eight-week Summer Cash drawing is offering gas for life and gas for a year. The grand prize is $250,000. Each ticket costs $5.