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ATLANTA – A free ticket was the winning prescription for a nursing student. Latrice Bell, 35, won $10,000 with a free Georgia Lottery Black ticket.
A Clayton State University student, Bell was on her way to school when she stopped for gas and redeemed a free ticket she won the previous day. She redeemed her ticket at Race Xpress, 906 Highway 42 S., Jackson.
Bell was running late and scratched the ticket after class.
“I was really, really excited,” said Bell, who claimed her prize Friday afternoon. “I was shocked and excited.”
A resident of Jackson, Bell has two daughters, ages 14 and 8.
“I’m going to pay some bills and get my kids some things they wanted at Christmas that I didn’t have the money to get,” she said.
Georgia Lottery Black is an instant game with $1 million top prizes.
Since 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 Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.3 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp., please visit:
www.galottery.com
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