Lottery player tries luck at online game — and wins $513,000 jackpot in Georgia
A stroke of luck led a Georgia lottery player to a half million-dollar prize.
The Ellenwood resident took a chance playing the Jackpot Spectacular Diggi Game and won $513,332 on the mobile app June 7, according to the Georgia Lottery.
The game, available exclusively online, features a Mega Money Jackpot that starts at $150,000 and grows with each play, the lottery's website says. To win, players match 'clusters' of three or more identical symbols, three Mega Money symbols or three Free Turns symbols.
The overall odds of winning any prize in the Jackpot Spectacular game are 1 in 3.88, the lottery said.
Officials didn't release additional information.
It's the latest big lottery win for the Peach State, coming four days after a Fantasy 5 player won a $529,972 jackpot in the June 3 drawing, McClatchy News reported.
The winning ticket, purchased by a Covington resident on the lottery's mobile app, matched all five numbers.
Ellenwood is about a 20-mile drive southeast from downtown Atlanta.
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