Georgia lottery players tout big scratch-off wins

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LckyLary — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:57:16 GMT

If I win I hope it's during The Office or Scrubs or So You Think You Can Dance

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rdgrnr — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:38:50 GMT

Nice to hear about some old geezers like me winning once in a while. Not quite sure how the retired school teacher is going to build a house with $10,000 though. You can't get a Tennessee trailer for that.

Nonetheless, Geezer Power

Georgia lottery players tout big scratch-off wins

Lottery Post — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:51:56 GMT

Two retirees and a teen are among a handful of recent big Georgia lottery winners.

Lawrence Brooks, 57, is the biggest winner of the bunch.

Brooks, 57, of Columbus, won $500,000 from playing the Atlanta Falcons instant game Touchdown.

Happy is how the grandfather of 12 expresses how he feels about the win. He purchased the winning ticket Sunday at Ray's Food Mart in Columbus.

The Falcons fan missed most of the game because of the win.

I got home, scratched it and went back to th... [ More ]