ATLANTA – Earl Davis of Albany has won a $1 million prize playing the holiday-themed Jingle Jumbo Bucks, a Georgia Lottery instant game. Davis, 71, purchased his winning ticket at Homerun Foods Express, 1105 N. Westover Blvd. in Albany.
Davis claimed his prize Oct. 22 at the Georgia Lottery District Office in Tifton.
“I scratched the ticket at home,” he said. “I was happy. I didn’t jump up and shout, but I was happy.”
Retired 15 years from working for the Miami-Dade Transit in Florida, Davis has four adult children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
“I want to give my children some money,” Davis said in plans for his winnings.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16.7 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 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.4 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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