ATLANTA – The Georgia Lottery Corp. today announced it raised $1,471,352,000 for Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship and Pre-K programs in fiscal year 2025, marking the organization’s 10th consecutive year exceeding $1 billion in profits for education.
“Ten successive years of billion-dollar returns to education in Georgia is an achievement in which we can all take great pride,” Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin said. “This milestone represents a decade of tremendous impact throughout Georgia, and we are grateful for the support we have received over the years. Thank you to Gov. Brian Kemp, the legislature, our board of directors and advisory boards, and our valued retailers, vendors, partners, employees and players.”
Fiscal year 2025 began July 1, 2024, and culminated June 30, 2025.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $29.8 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 2.25 million students have received HOPE, and more than 2.2 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.