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The Georgia Lottery Corporation, known as the Georgia Lottery, is overseen by the government of Georgia, United States. Headquartered in Atlanta , the lottery takes in over US$1 billion yearly. By law, half of the money goes to prizes , one-third to education , and the remainder to operating and marketing the lottery.
[1] [2] The lottery system was utilized by the State of Georgia between the years 1805 and 1833 “to strengthen the state and increase the population in order to increase Georgia's power in the House of Representatives.” [3] Although some other states used land lotteries, none were implemented at the scale of the Georgia contests. [4]
A lucky winner hit the $10,000 Mega Millions drawing thanks to a ticket bought in Perry, the Georgia Lottery announced Monday. The ticket for the drawing on Dec. 20 was purchased at Circle K at ...
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A Powerball lottery ticket worth $2 million was sold in Georgia, according to the July 24 drawing results, and another for $50,000 was sold for Saturday's drawing.
There were $1 million winners across several states — California (2), Massachusetts (2), Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina and Washington — according to the lottery game’s website.
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In the previous fiscal year that ended last month, the Georgia Lottery raised more than $1.5 billion.