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Gwinnett County man gets infectious smile over Jeep win
ATLANTA – Coming down with strep throat wasn’t so bad for one Gwinnett County man. Brian Alston, a computer technician, was home from work with strep throat when he won a brand new Jeep playing the instant game Jeep Outdoor Adventure.
Alston, a resident of Lawrenceville, received the keys to his 2012 Jeep Compass at Stone Mountain Chrysler Jeep Dodge, 5054 Highway 78 in Stone Mountain, on Monday.
“I was just out of work that week,” he explained. “I went to the doctor, he gave me a shot, and I was feeling a little better.”
So he decided to stop at the store, AA Food Mart, 2339 Lawrenceville Highway in Lawrenceville, where he purchased his lucky ticket.
But Alston, 34, didn’t scratch it until he returned home.
“I was in a dark area, and I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “I held it to the light, and then went back to the store, and the clerk confirmed it.”
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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