ATLANTA – A convenience store in Douglas sold a Georgia Lottery Jumbo Jumbo Bucks ticket worth $500,000.
The ticket was purchased at Baker Express, located at 1436 Baker Highway W.
The lucky winner claimed the prize Thursday at the Georgia Lottery’s Tifton 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.
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