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Cartersville man wins $400,000
ATLANTA – A Cartersville man is celebrating a Georgia Lottery win. Scott Rouen, 51, played the instant game $400,000 Grant and won $400,000.
“I yelled out,” Rouen said. “It’s sweet.”
Rouen claimed his prize Tuesday.
Airport Grocery, located at 19 Sunlight Road in Ellijay, sold the lucky top prize ticket. Rouen bought the ticket while visiting his wife at the business she owns in Ellijay.
“My wife gets half off the top,” Rouen said of his winnings.
He also plans to travel.
This is Rouen’s second big Georgia Lottery prize. He won $50,000 in 2007.
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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