Rome grandma of 2 celebrates $50K win with husband

Thursday, June 24, 2010

ATLANTA – A grandmother of two accepted a gift from her husband that carried a sweet Georgia Lottery prize. Vanessa Singleton, a resident of Rome, won a $50,000 top prize playing the instant game Jumbo Bucks Classic.

“My husband had gone to the store, and he decided to get a ticket for me,” recalled Singleton, 49. “He told me, ‘This will be a winner for my baby.’ ”

She scratched the ticket at home.

“We were totally shocked,” she said. “We couldn’t believe it.”

In addition to her two grandchildren, Singleton has two adult children. She intends to pay off bills and help her closest family members.

“My first priority is home,” she shared. “I’m really excited.”

Bottle & Basket, 2006 Redmond Circle N.W. in Rome, sold the winning ticket.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $11.7 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 1.2 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.

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