Valdosta man wins $1M Georgia Lotto

01/08/08 Valdosta man wins $1M Georgia Lotto
ATLANTA A Valdosta man is celebrating the New Year as a new millionaire. Willie Frank Williams Jr. played the Georgia Lottery instant game Georgia?s $500 Million Club and won $1 million. Eddie / Betty?s Food Mart, located at 733 S. Lee St. in Valdosta, sold the lucky ticket. I was just in shock, said Williams, 20.

According to Williams, he is still deciding how to spend his winnings. I?m thinking about a lot of things, he said. Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over $9.5 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 850,000 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.