After the flood: Mableton family celebrates $250,000 win

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

ATLANTA – A quarter-million dollar Georgia Lottery prize will help one Mableton family rebuild their lives following the metro Atlanta area's historic flooding last month. Michael Sussmann, 38, won $250,000 playing the instant game Millionaire Jumbo Bucks.

"I'm feeling much better," said a visibly overjoyed Sussmann. "I don't think it has sunk in. I'm still in awe."

Sussmann and his wife, Cassie, together have three children, ages 11, 10 and eight. The couple, whose home received tremendous water damage, plans to purchase a new home.

"Before we won, we were trying to figure out what to do," he shared. "After the flood, all you could see was the roof. It was devastating. We salvaged what we could."

Gateway Newsstand #293 in Atlanta's Cumberland Mall sold the winning ticket.

"I said, 'Oh my goodness,' " he recalled. "I almost fell out."

Millionaire Jumbo Bucks is an instant game loaded with cash prizes up to $2.5 million.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned more than $11.2 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 1.1 million students have received HOPE, and more than 940,000 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.

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