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Atlanta accountant tallies $350,000 lottery win
ATLANTA – Georgia accountants are on a lucky streak. Just days after College Park accountant Marcia Adams won a $72 million Mega Millions jackpot, a second Georgia accountant is calculating a lottery prize.
Robert Hancock, 33, won $350,000 playing the instant game King’s Ransom. He claimed his prize Monday.
“It’s unbelievable,” Hancock said. “It’s truly unbelievable. I can’t believe this is happening to me.”
An Atlanta resident, Hancock purchased his ticket at Shell Food Mart, 3408 Chamblee Tucker Road, Chamblee.
Hancock said he hasn’t decided what he’ll do with his windfall.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $13.1 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 1.4 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp., please visit:
www.galottery.com and www.lotterybenefitsgeorgians.com
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