ATLANTA — A Fayetteville grandmother of two is enjoying a prize from the Georgia Lottery. Sandra Hollis, who celebrated her 65th birthday on Veterans Day, was selected as a big winner in the Georgia Lottery's $1 & $2 Play It Again Second Chance Promotion.
She won a $20,000 prize Tuesday in Atlanta.
As a monthly grand prize winner in the Georgia Lottery’s $1 & $2 Play It Again Second Chance Promotion, Hollis won a chance to select one envelope from 20, with prizes ranging from $5,000 to $100,000.
The envelope Hollis chose contained a $20,000 prize.
“I’m really excited about today,” she said. “Christmas is coming up, and this will help a lot.”
In addition to her two grandchildren, Hollis, and her husband, Eddie, have one adult daughter.
With Georgia Lottery's $1 & $2 Play It Again Second Chance Promotion, players can enter non-winning $1 and $2 instant game tickets to win exciting prizes during the lottery's 20th anniversary year.
To enter for a chance to win, visit www.playitagainga.com.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $14.8 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 1.6 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.3 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp., please visit:
www.galottery.com and www.lotterybenefitsgeorgians.com
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