Dalton, GA., fisherman reels in $400,000 lottery win

02/02/08 Dalton, GA., fisherman reels in $400,000 lottery win

ATLANTA,GA A recreational fisherman found lottery luck on a deep hook. Eugene Hartley of Dalton won a $400,000 top prize playing the Georgia Lottery instant game Sterling Silver.
Hartley, 80, and his son stopped at Cagle's Stop / Shop, 3200 New Rosedale Road in Calhoun, before their fishing trip.
"We always tease each other that we'd won a prize," he said. "This time I told him that I'd won $400,000."

Hartley has two adult children, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He plans to save his winnings.
"It's exciting. It's great," he exclaimed.
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.