ATLANTA – A Georgia Lottery player in Covington won $2 million—with taxes paid—on the $2,000,000 Taxes Paid scratch-off game.
AP Food Mart, located at 2527 Highway 81 S in Covington, sold the lucky top prize ticket.
The winner came forward to claim the prize Friday.
The Taxes Paid family of Scratchers includes $40,000 Taxes Paid, $400,000 Taxes Paid, and $2,000,000 Taxes paid. The top prize amounts are all after taxes.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $24.6 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 2 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.6 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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