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Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in Marietta

The lucky owner of the ticket is now the lucky owner of $1 million.

From the Georgia Lottery

A winning Georgia Lottery instant ticket worth $1 million was sold in Marietta. Texaco Food Mart, located at 574 Roswell St. S.E., sold a $10 Million Cash Spectacular instant ticket with a $1 million top prize.

The winner, Henry Stowe of Oxford, claimed his prize June 5 at Georgia Lottery headquarters in Atlanta.

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The Georgia Lottery instant game $10 Million Cash Spectacular is loaded with cash prizes, including top prizes of up to $10 million.

Georgia Lottery players can enter their non-winning tickets into the $10 Million Cash Spectacular Extra Chance Promotion for a second chance to $10 million. For more information, visit www.galottery.com.

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Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16.2 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.

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