ATLANTA — A winning Georgia Lottery instant ticket worth $1 million was sold in Tunnel Hill. Andy’s Corner, 104 Cottonwood Mill Road, sold a 50X The Money ticket with the top prize.
The winner, John Horne of Tunnel Hill, claimed his prize June 1 at the Georgia Lottery District Office in Dalton.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16.2 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 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.3 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.