ATLANTA – Instead of red roses, one Douglasville man is buying a new truck for his wife in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Jerry Wheeler, 52, won a $20,000 prize from the Feb. 9 $3,000,000 Taxes Paid Weekly Extra Chance drawing.
“We hope to have the truck soon,” he said. “We’ll start shopping this weekend.”
Wheeler submitted his non-winning Georgia Lottery instant ticket $3,000,000 Taxes Paid for the extra chance drawing.
“I was watching the Cash 3 evening drawing and had forgotten about my ticket,” said Wheeler who heard his name announced. “My wife and son were in the kitchen, and they could hear me yelling from the living room.”
With his wife and son coming to his aid, the lucky lottery winner said he was left speechless.
“I couldn’t speak,” he recalled. “I was staring at the TV. I finally said, ‘I think I’ve won $20,000.’ ”
Wheeler, a salesman for a produce company, and his wife, Michelle, have been married for 15 years. The couple have two adult children.
The Georgia Lottery instant game $3,000,000 Taxes Paid is loaded with cash prizes of up to $3 million after taxes.
Players can submit non-winning tickets for entry into the $3,000,000 Taxes Paid Weekly Extra Chance Drawings for a chance to win $20,000 after taxes. Drawings are held on Wednesdays.
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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