ATLANTA – Manankumar Patel came forward Monday as the winner of a $400,000 Georgia Lottery prize. Patel played the $5 scratcher Pay Me and won the instant game’s top prize.
The lucky ticket was purchased at Hagan Mini Mart, 6494 Highway 280 E. in Hagan, near Claxton.
The ticket was purchased in December.
Patel is a resident of Alton, Illinois.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $18.1 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 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.4 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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