Tue and Fri, 15 minutes before time of drawing. Mon and Thu, 15 minutes before draw time. Lottery and latest news visit Georgia Lottery Official Website A lump sum amount of $648 million was awarded to the winner, as the winner opted for Cash option. The Mega million became famous after Portal, Bulloch County, inhabitant Robert Harris, was one of those lucky winners and bagged a big jackpot of $275 million of in 2008.Īnother huge Jackpot win in Mega Millions happens on December 18th, 2013, Ira Curry of Stone Mountain. See our Tax Information section for more details. Federal and state taxes are withheld for all lottery prizes over 5,000. For prizes between 600 and 5,000, the Kentucky Lottery doesn't withhold any taxes but issues the winner a W2 tax form. Apart from these, Georgia's greatest lotteries are Mega Millions and Powerball, which routinely have big stakes in a large number of dollars. Lottery winnings over 600 in Kentucky are subject to both state and federal taxes. Georgia Lottery offers - CASH 3, CASH 4, Georgia FIVE, All or Nothing, 5 Card Cash, Fantasy 5, Jumbo Bucks Lotto.

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The Georgia lottery has contributed more than $18.7 billion to the State Education Account. Since its origin, the Georgia lottery has encountered extraordinary sales and huge returns with net revenue surpassing $66 billion. The money that is allocated to education is used for HOPE Scholarship, and has turned into an effective model for different lotteries, like the South Carolina Education Lottery etc., The primary goal of establishing the Georgia lottery is to fund the education scholarships. 33% of the money goes to education, and the rest for retailers, Operations and advertising the lottery. The corporation Headquartered in Atlanta, is regulated by the Georgia Government, United States.Īs per the law, from the money that GA lottery generates, 50% of it goes to lottery prizes. The Georgia Lottery Corporation, simply GA Lottery, was endorsed by voters on 3rd November 1992. Our page also has a tool to search forįor in-depth analysis and other resources of the game winning The winning numbers history is provided and its FREE. Here, you can find the Past Winning Numbers, statistics, and

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