Portal retirement home manager picks up $1M
Thursday, January 19, 2012
ATLANTA – Winning the lottery is a high point for one Portal woman. Sara Williams, a retirement home manager, has won a $1 million top prize playing the Georgia Lottery’s 50X The Money instant game.
“I was going to get my son from a banquet, and we stopped at the store,” the mother of two said. “I walked in the store and got one.”
Mill Creek #0005, 27199 U.S. Highway 80 W. in Portal, sold the winning ticket. She scratched it at home.
Williams, 42, said she decided to play because she saw a TV advertisement.
“I couldn’t believe it, and I still don’t believe it,” she said.
The lucky lottery winner anticipates purchasing a new video game console for her 18-year-old son.
“But the first thing I plan to do is buy my mama a house,” she shared. “After I get situated, I’ll get some land and fix my house.”
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $13.1 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 1.4 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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