Georgia Lottery Hits Record Profits for Education Programs

State lottery has raised more than $15.5 billion for education programs since 1993.

July 21, 2014

ATLANTA – Georgia Lottery officials announced last week its fiscal year returns to education with record-breaking results. Fiscal year 2014 transfers to the State Treasury’s Lottery for Education Account will amount to $945,097,000, surpassing last year’s record transfer by more than $17.6 million.

This brings the total raised for education in Georgia to more than $15.5 billion since the lottery’s inception in 1993.

“With a collective effort from lottery employees, our quality retailers, vendor partners and loyal customers, we have once again contributed record dollars to Georgia’s HOPE and Pre-K programs,” Georgia Lottery President and CEO Debbie D. Alford said. “We remain focused on our mission to responsibly maximize revenues for these important educational programs.”

The Georgia Lottery celebrated its 20th anniversary in fiscal year 2014 with commemorative instant games, introducing a successful second-chance promotion with $1 and $2 instant games. Other new games and promotions throughout the year included the launch of All or Nothing in March, the Georgia Lottery’s first new draw game in four years. Additionally, the Georgia Lottery Corp. assumed responsibilities for licensing and regulating coin operated amusement machines in Georgia.

The second-largest U.S. jackpot prize was won in December when the Georgia Lottery awarded half of a $648 million Mega Millions jackpot prize to a Stone Mountain woman. It is the largest prize awarded in the Georgia Lottery’s history. In addition, 86 Georgia Lottery players won prizes of $1 million or more.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $15.5 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 Pre-K Program. More than 1.6 million students have received HOPE Scholarships and more than 1.3 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary pre-kindergarten program.

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