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Columbus nursing student treated to $7M lottery prize
ATLANTA – A Columbus nursing student has come down with a case of lottery fever. Mattie Billingsley, 49, won $7 million playing the new Georgia Lottery game $7 Million Jackpot.
“I can’t stop crying,” Billingsley said. “They’re tears of joy.”
Billingsley bought two tickets that she and her husband scratched at home Thursday.
“We gave each other a really big hug,” she said. “It was just awesome.”
Billingsley claimed her prize Friday.
CITGO Food Mart, located at 314 Fifth St. in Columbus, sold the lucky ticket.
$7 Million Jackpot is an instant game with prizes up to $7 million. Players can submit non-winning game tickets into an extra chance drawing for an opportunity to win $7 million.
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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