A
Riverdale college student is feeling great about winning
the lottery. Chrissy Hood, 25, won $5,000 when she was
randomly selected in the
Georgia’s
Millionaire Club weekly drawing held Jan. 25. As a
result of her lucky win, Hood now has a chance to win
$10 million.
Chrissy Hood with her
$5,000 check
Hood
said that her sister, who was watching the televised
drawing, shared the good news.
“My
sister called me while I was in the mall,” she said. “I
let out a scream, and people began looking at
me.”
A
student at DeKalb
Technical
College,
Hood said she plans to open a day care center if she
wins the $10 million top prize. She plans to save her
$5,000 winnings.
Georgia’s
Millionaire Club weekly drawings are held in conjunction
with the instant game
Georgia’s
$500 Million Club. Each weekly
Georgia’s
Millionaire Club winner will receive $5,000 and become a
finalist in the Extra Chance $10 Million Grand Prize
Drawing.
Players
can mail in a non-winning
Georgia’s
$500 Million Club ticket to enter the
Georgia’s
Millionaire Club drawings. Complete the back of the
ticket, add a stamp, and mail the ticket as a postcard.
The Georgia Lottery will
conduct a weekly drawing from all entries received that
week. Weekly drawings will be broadcast each Friday as a
part of the Cash 3 evening drawings.
Since
its first year, the Georgia
Lottery Corporation has returned over $9.7
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 Prekindergarten Program. More than 1 million students
have received HOPE, and more than 860,000 4-year-olds
have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten
program.