ATLANTA — Business has slowed for most businesses over the last few months, but people are still spending on one thing: lottery tickets.
The Georgia Lottery announced a record amount of money spent on tickets that will ultimately benefit students.
Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach went to the Shell gas station on Floyd Road in Cobb County on Wednesday. The store is famous for its luck and selling some big winners over the years.
The store is seeing the same thing the Georgia Lottery is experiencing state-wide.
“For some reason, we’re selling more than we used to sell,” the store’s clerk told Gehlbach.
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The store said it had a dip in sales in March, but then rebounded with a record April and May, helping to set a new $1.23 billion profit for the fiscal year that just ended.
All that money goes to the state to fund the HOPE Scholarships and Pre-K for students.
“By funding HOPE and Pre-K, the Georgia Lottery continues to help Georgia’s students gain a high-quality education from start to finish, which ultimately makes our state stronger and more competitive,” Gov. Brian Kemp said Wednesday.
The lottery attributes the recent surge to online availability, and convenience stores remaining open while other retailers are closed.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery has returned more than $22.3 billion to the state of Georgia for education. Since its inception, more than 1.9 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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