ATLANTA — An Augusta grandmother of three has picked up an epic Georgia Lottery prize with her produce. Jenny Youngquist, 58, played the instant game Giant Jumbo Bucks – Anniversary Edition, winning a $750,000 top prize.
“I don’t know,” Youngquist explained in regards to her prize. “I think we’re going to buy a new house. We haven’t really planned out anything too much.”
Married with an adult child, the lucky winner claimed her prize June 19 at the Georgia Lottery District Office in Augusta.
Super Express #0003, 2545 Peach Orchard Road in Augusta, sold the winning ticket.
“I won $15 that morning, then won $10 that night,” she said. “I used some that prize money to purchase the lucky ticket.”
Youngquist, who works in human resources, purchased the ticket, then went grocery shopping, scratching the instant ticket in the store’s parking lot.
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.
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