ATLANTA – Sparks are flying for a Rising Fawn welder. Johnny Chambers, 71, won $35,000 playing the instant game Cashword III.
He claimed his prize Monday at the Georgia Lottery’s Dalton district office.
A welder for Miller Industries, Chambers has big plans for his windfall.
“I’m going to spend it,” he said.
Chambers purchased his top prize ticket at Pilot Travel Center #0415, 319 Deer Head Cove Road, Rising Fawn.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $12.3 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 1.3 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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