ATLANTA — A Peachtree City woman has won a stack of pleasant prizes from the Georgia Lottery, and the latest is most impressive. Mary Ray, 70, has won a $1 million top prize playing the instant game $10 Million Cash Spectacular.
BP Gas Station, 2597 Highway 54 in Peachtree City, sold the winning ticket.
“It’s just a wonderful thing,” said Ray, a hairstylist. “The experience has been amazing.”
Three days prior to winning the $1 million prize, Ray won $1,000 from the same instant game.
Since 2001, the lucky winner has claimed nearly $20,000 in Georgia Lottery winnings.
With her latest windfall, Ray had to look twice after scratching off the ticket.
“I thought, ‘Am I seeing things right,’ ” she questioned.
With two adult children and three grandchildren, Ray intends to purchase a new truck for her son. She also may take a vacation or two for herself.
The Georgia Lottery instant game $10 Million Cash Spectacular is loaded with cash prizes, including top prizes of up to $1 million and $10 million.
Players can enter non-winning tickets into the $10 Million Cash Spectacular Extra Chance Promotion for a second chance to win $10 million. Visit www.galottery.com for more information.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16 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.