The Georgia Lottery has announced that a Max the Money scratcher delivered a $5 million win to a Georgia Lottery player, purchased at The Country Store, 1206 Piedmont Highway in Cedartown.
The winner claimed the prize on June 20 and selected the cash option, receiving $2,579,679.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned nearly $29.5 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 2.2 million students have received HOPE, and more than 2.2 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp., please visit: www.galottery.com
