A
Valdosta man is celebrating a Georgia
Lottery win on a scratch-off ticket. Tremayne
Williams played the instant game Double Down and won one
of the game’s $80,000 top prizes.
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Foodmart, located at
1000 E. Park
Ave. in
Valdosta , sold the
lucky ticket.
When
Williams scratched his ticket at home, the celebration
began. “I
started jumping up and down,” said Williams. “I was just
shocked. I still can’t believe it.” According to
Williams, 22, he will use his winnings to buy a new car
and help his family.
Since its
first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned
over $8.6 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 900,000 students have
received HOPE Scholarships, and more than 700,000
4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary
prekindergarten program.
