Atlanta Car Salesman Wins $250K Lottery Prize

From the Georgia Lottery

An Atlanta car salesman is revved up with excitement since winning a quarter-million dollar prize playing the Georgia Lottery. Bernard English, 34, played the instant game Millionaire Jumbo Bucks, winning a $250,000 prize.

“I had that lucky feeling in my gut,” he said.

CITGO Food Mart, 1990 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway NW in Atlanta, sold the winning ticket.

“I saw $250, then the three zeros that followed,” he recalled.

Considering the windfall “unbelievable,” English anticipates purchasing a new home and car.

“It feels good,” he exclaimed.

English claimed his prize Tuesday at Georgia Lottery headquarters in Atlanta.

Millionaire Jumbo Bucks is a Georgia Lottery instant game loaded with cash prizes, including top prizes of $5 million.

For more information, visit www.galottery.com.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16.5 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 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.4 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.