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Assistant deli manager whips up $10K prize

Teresa Lueckert of Morganton has won a lucky treat. Lueckert, a 45-year-old assistant deli manager, recently won $10,000 playing the Georgia Lottery’s 100X The Money scratcher.
Rebel’s Pantry, located at 4500 Appalachian Highway in Blue Ridge, sold the ticket.
According to Lueckert, she was stopping through town to refuel on gas when she decided to purchase the scratcher.
After scratching the ticket in the car with her husband, Lueckert said she was in disbelief.
“I kept asking, ‘Is this correct?’” she said. “I was adding everything up in my head.”
The lucky winner said that she plans to use her winnings to treat herself to something special and pay some bills.
“I’m still shocked,” she said.
Lueckert claimed her prize Monday at the Georgia Lottery’s Dalton District Office.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $19.2 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 1.8 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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