Lottery player turns $10 ticket into $1 million prize in Georgia. Here's where
A stop at a Georgia gas station led to a big win for a lucky lottery player.
Someone in Chickamauga won $1 million on an Instant Ca$h scratch-off game, beating odds of 1 in 1,600,000 to snag the top prize, according to the Georgia Lottery.
The winner bought the $10 ticket at a Circle K in Chickamauga, near the Georgia-Tennessee state line, the lottery said in a May 27 news release.
They claimed their winnings May 20, a lottery spokesperson said.
Additional information wasn't immediately available.
It's the latest big lottery win for the Peach State, coming about a week after a Fantasy 5 player won a whopping $749,445 jackpot in the May 20 drawing, McClatchy News reported.
That ticket was sold at a Chevron Food Mart in Morrow, lottery officials said.
Winners in Georgia have 180 days to claim prizes on draw games and 90 days on instant games, or before the game ends, according to the Georgia Lottery.
Chickamauga is about a 15-mile drive south from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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