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Thursday, April 19, 2018
Fort Oglethorpe resident wins $150K prize
ATLANTA – Karmen Respicio of Fort Oglethorpe has won an awesome prize. Respicio recently won $150,000 playing the Georgia Lottery’s Giant Jumbo Bucks scratcher.
The winning ticket was purchased at Spirit gas station, located at 438 Highway 41 N. in Ringgold.
After purchasing the ticket and realizing it was a winner, Respicio was stunned.
“I froze,” Respicio said. “I was shaking. It was insane.”
The 27-year-old plans to use the winnings to treat some family members.
“I’m going to help my mom,” the lucky winner said. “She took care of me for 27 years.”
Respicio claimed the prize last week at the Georgia Lottery’s Dalton District Office.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $19.2 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 1.8 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.6 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp., please visit:
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