ATLANTA – A Monroe grandmother is branching out after playing Treasure Tree, a Georgia Lottery instant game. Linda Clower, 67, won one of the game's $250,000 top prizes.
The quarter-million dollar lucky ticket was purchased at Harmony Church Chevron, located at 1322 Highway 400 N. in Dawsonville. Clower was at home with her husband, John, when she scratched the winning ticket.
"My heart started beating really fast," she said. "We didn't believe it."
Clower, who is retired from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, has two adult daughters and one granddaughter.
"I plan to help my daughters and granddaughter and have some fun with the rest of it," Clower said of her prize.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over $9.5 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 Prekindergarten Program. More than 1 million students have received HOPE, and more than 850,000 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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