ATLANTA - A Georgia truck driver became fueled with joy as he discovered his Georgia Lottery winnings. Joshua Guest, 34, won $250,000 playing $7,500 A Week For Life.
He said to himself he was going to be a winner, and he was just that.
Excited and astonished about his winnings, Guest claimed his prize June 6 at the Macon District Office.
A father of two, the lucky winner plans to make improvements to his home and invest the remainder.
Hasty Mart #0006, 1435 Willingham Ave. in Baldwin, sold the winning ticket.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $17.4 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 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.4 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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