{"id":742445,"date":"2026-07-04T08:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/742445\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T08:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:36:15","slug":"2-georgia-lottery-players-become-instant-millionaires-with-scratch-off-tickets-wsb-tv-channel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/742445\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Georgia lottery players become instant millionaires with scratch-off tickets \u2013 WSB-TV Channel 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">GEORGIA \u2014 From Fayetteville to Jasper, Georgia Lottery players cashed in on some big wins in June, including two $1 million scratch-off prizes and nearly $1.9 million in Fantasy 5 jackpots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/smart-tv\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The biggest prizes came from two scratch-off tickets worth $1 million each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A player in Fayetteville won a top prize playing the 50X The Money scratch-off game. The winning ticket was purchased at Publix Super Market on Glynn Street and claimed June 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Another player in Jasper claimed a $1 million top prize playing Millionaire Maker. The winning ticket was purchased at Amoco West Market on Highway 53 West and claimed June 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Fantasy 5 players also had a strong month, winning a combined $1.87 million in jackpot prizes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The largest jackpot, worth $539,327, was won in the June 15 drawing by a player who purchased a ticket at Memorial Food Mart in Decatur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">An Atlanta player won $515,729 in the June 21 drawing, while players in Brunswick and Lawrenceville each claimed jackpots worth $254,096 in the June 28 drawing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Additional Fantasy 5 winners included a Bowdon player who won $178,992 and a Fairburn player who claimed a $125,000 jackpot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Several players also won six-figure prizes through Georgia Lottery Quick Win games. A Pooler player won $243,516 playing 100X The Money Quick Win through the Georgia Lottery mobile app, while a Hampton player claimed $105,074 playing the same game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Other notable Quick Win winners included a Thomaston player who won $98,147 and a Decatur player who won $22,757.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">TRENDING STORIES:<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Powerball drawings produced several big winners across Georgia as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Five players won $50,000 each during June drawings, with winning tickets sold in Savannah, Fayetteville, Dallas, Adairsville and Lawrenceville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Mega Millions players also scored sizable prizes. A player in Cumming won $30,000 in the June 9 drawing, while players in Marietta, Ellenwood and Stapleton won prizes ranging from $20,000 to $30,000 later in the month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Digital lottery games continued to deliver large payouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A Covington player claimed $598,244 playing Money Strike Jackpots, the largest Diggi Games prize reported during the period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Other Diggi Games winners included players in Buford, Bonaire, Villa Rica, Lawrenceville, Jasper, Decatur, Rossville, Conyers, Dalton, Lithonia and Suwanee, with prizes ranging from $10,000 to $60,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Georgia Lottery also reported wins through Keno, Georgia FIVE and Millionaire for Life drawings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">An Augusta player won $12,000 playing Keno on the Georgia Lottery mobile app, while four Georgia FIVE players each claimed $10,000 prizes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Five additional players won $7,500 each in Millionaire for Life drawings, with winning tickets sold in Hampton, Thomasville, Newnan, McDonough and LaGrange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The next Powerball drawing is set for Saturday, July 4, with an estimated jackpot of $396 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled for July 3, with an estimated jackpot of $542 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wsbtv.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GEORGIA \u2014 From Fayetteville to Jasper, Georgia Lottery players cashed in on some big wins in June, including&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-742445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}