ATLANTA — A Marietta man is revved up with excitement over winning a brand new vehicle courtesy of the Georgia Lottery. Roberto Santiago Sr. was selected as a winner from the Jackpot Series Second Chance Promotion, winning a 2015 Kia Optima EX.
“I’m still shocked,” said Santiago, 53. “This is a big win.”
Georgia Lottery representatives presented the lucky winner with the keys to his new vehicle Thursday at Ed Voyles Kia, 2145 South Cobb Parkway in Smyrna.
Feeling great over his windfall, Santiago plans to drive his brand new car to New Jersey.
“It’s finally my time,” he exclaimed. “I’m going to put up the car I have now and drive my Kia.”
Jackpot Series is a new family of Georgia Lottery instant games with prizes ranging from $50,000 to $3 million.
Ticket prices for the games are $1, $2, $5 and $20.
Players can enter non-winning Jackpot Series tickets online for a chance to win a 2015 Kia Optima EX.
For more information about the games and second chance promotion, visit www.galottery.com/jackpot.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16.5 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 1.4 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.