ATLANTA – A Valdosta woman is celebrating a quarter-million dollar lottery win. Hang Tuyet Tham, 27, played the holiday-themed Georgia Lottery instant game Treasure Tree and won a $250,000 top prize.
Quick Shop, 2814 N. Ashley St. in Valdosta, sold the winning ticket. Tham, a nail technician, said a friend bought the ticket for her. She discovered her winnings later that evening at home.
"I feel so excited," she exclaimed.
Tham plans to use some of her winnings to visit her mother in Vietnam.
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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