Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in East Cobb

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Staff Report

A winning Georgia Lottery instant ticket worth $450,000 was sold in Marietta. Smoke Rise Chevron, located at 288 Powers Ferry Road, sold a $450,000 Big Money instant ticket with a $450,000 top prize.

Phenix City, Ala., resident Matthew Spraggins claimed his prize March 20 at Georgia Lottery headquarters in Atlanta.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.3 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.