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Friday, September 1, 2017
Maintenance worker fixes up $300,000 win
ATLANTA – Earl Lee Jr. of Statesboro has won a handy prize. Lee, a 60-year-old maintenance worker, recently won $300,000 playing the Georgia Lottery’s Fa$t Money scratcher.
The winning ticket was purchased at Clyo Trading Post, 5820 Highway 199 N. in Clyo.
According to Lee, he was traveling through the area when he stopped and purchased the ticket.
“I just bought the ticket,” he said. “I wasn’t really expecting much.”
However, after scratching the lucky ticket and realizing that he was a winner, Lee said that he was in shock.
“I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “I almost fell to the ground.”
The lucky winner said that he plans to save his winnings.
“I’m just glad it happened,” he said.
Lee claimed his prize at the Georgia Lottery’s Savannah District Office.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $18.7 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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