ATLANTA – A Rome resident has won a monstrous Georgia Lottery prize. Juan Barrera played the instant game Monster Money and won $45,000.
South Broad Food Mart, located at 410 S. Broad St. in Rome, sold the lucky top prize ticket. Barrera scratched his ticket in the store.
"I couldn't believe it," he said.
Barrera, 45, owns a used merchandise store. He will use his winnings to pay bills.
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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