THE LOTTERYSince its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $12.3 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship and Georgia’s Pre-K. More than 1.25 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.Source: Georgia Lottery Corp.
Kathleen Kincaid is $123,000 richer after her father recently tossed her a winning lottery ticket.
“He gave me the ticket and said, ‘This is worth some money,'” said Kincaid, a 54-year-old grandmother of six. “When we found out the amount, I was like, ‘Wow.'”
The father was one of two winners of the Georgia Lottery Fantasy Five drawing on Jan. 1, according to Georgia Lottery staff. Kincaid claimed the loot on Jan. 19.
She told lottery officials that her father bought the ticket at the Favorite Market on Cleveland Road in Dalton, Ga., and gave it to her.