Georgia State Lottery

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Description: galottery.com | Georgia State Lottery, was introduced to the State of Georgia in 1992 by a Constitutional Amendment. Georgia Lottery quickly became one of the fastest revenue generating lotteries in the United States and surpassed several records made by other States in lottery profit production. Georgia didn't begin selling lottery tickets until June 1993, in the mid 1990's Powerball was brought into the State of Georgia then in 1996 The Multi-State Lottery Association left Georgia and The Multi-Jurisdictional Lottery Mega Millions moved into fill Powerball's shoes. Starting at the end of January 2010 Powerball and Mega Millions came to an agreement for the Georgia Lottery allowing both games into the State. The Georgia State Lottery also offers Keno in a lottery ticket form, drawings are held every 4 minutes and this distinguishes The Georgia Lottery from other State Lotteries. Must be 18 or older to play The Georgia Lotto.

GEORGIA LOTTERY COMMISION RULES AND REGULATIONS

The Georgia Lottery Commission was created in 1992 by The General Assembly of Georgia, their sole purpose being the regulation and overseeing of the Georgia State Lottery. Georgia Lottery Commission was created to serve the State of Georgia and maintain the ethics and standards that the State of Georgia demands in their lottery. Created separately from the Lottery Commission, Georgia Code, Title 50, Chapter 27, Article 1 delegates legislation pertaining too and authorizing the distribution of funds and the governance of the lottery ran and operated by GA State.

DISTRIBUTION OF GEORGIA LOTTERY FUNDS

Distribution of lottery proceeds from the Georgia Lotto are outlined in Title 50, Chapter 27, Article 1 of the 2010 Georgia Code and are as follows. 45% percent of annual funds shall be made available to lottery ticket winners. 50% percent of funds are made available to the (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) Scholarship Program or HOPE Program. The Hope Program provides students with financial aid and eligible students can apply and may receive The HOPE Scholarship, The Hope Grant, and The Zell Miller Scholarship. Outstanding Students are awarded these Scholarships provided by The HOPE Scholarship Program and The Georgia State Lottery. Last but not least 5% percent of revenues will be put towards running and maintaining The Georgia Lottery, that is providing for their offices and maintaining and operating their licensing for the 8,200 Retailers across the State.

LOTTERY TICKET INFORMATION

The Georgia Lottery brings you nine lottery drawing games and two dozen or so Instant Tickets or as they're sometimes called Scratch Tickets. The GA State Lottery brings you Mega Millions, Powerball, the national favorite Fantasy 5, Decades of Dollars, Win For Life, the two lottery drawing games CA$H 3 and CA$H 4, also Georgia FIVE, and the last lottery drawing game the Georgia Lotto provides isn't the norm for lottery tickets it's Keno! brought to you by the State of Georgia. Instant Scratch Tickets by the GA Lotto come in six different costs per ticket, the $1 dollar Instant Ticket, the $2 dollar Scratch Ticket, $3 and $5 dollar Instant Scratch Tickets, the double digit $10.00 and $20.00 High Roller Scratch Tickets. Ticket Drawings are held on local Georgia television stations and winning numbers can be found on galottery.com the Georgia Lotteries Web Site. With Office locations around the state of Georgia you can contact Georgia Lotto Headquarters at 250 Williams Street, Suite 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303 or Call (404) 215-5000.



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LOTTTERY DRAWING TICKETS

Mega Millions, with the Megaplier add on option brought to you by The Georgia Lottery. Grand Prize's amount in the eight figures starting at $12 million and going into the hundred million range. Tickets cost $1.00 an Instant Ticket with the $1.00 dollar Megaplier add on. Odds of winning Mega Millions Jackpot Prize are one in 176 million.

Powerball, operated by the State of Georgia. Lottery Tickets for Powerball cost $2.00 dollars a Ticket with the $1.00 Power Play option. Jackpots for Georgia's Powerball start at $40 million and grow from there. The odds of winning the Top Prize in Powerball are one in 175 million.

Fantasy 5, Draw Tickets cost a dollar per play with fourteen consecutive draws per ticket. Win by matching two, three, four, or five numbers on the lottery ticket. Odds of winning Fantasy 5's Jackpot are one in 575,000 thousand.

Decades of Dollars, for the mere price of $2 dollars you have the chance to win $250,000 dollars per year for thirty years. Odds of winning Decades of Dollars Jackpot Prize are near one in eleven million.

Win For Life, costing only $1.00 dollar a lottery drawing ticket gives you the chance to win $1000 a week for life. Odds of winning the Grand Prize in Win For Life are one in five million two hundred fifty thousand.

CA$H 3, by the Georgia Lottery costs 50¢ or a $1.00 a Ticket and provides either Box or Straight Play Styles for 50¢ you have the chance at a $250 Jackpot for $1.00 dollar play you can win a Grand Prize of $500. With nine ways to win per ticket, per play, you could win. Drawings are held twice daily an afternoon and a night time drawing.

CA$H 4, from the GA Lotto, purchase price is 50¢ or a $1 dollar a play with seven consecutive plays per lottery slip. For a 50¢ Grand Prize Winner the prize is $2500 a $1.00 dollar Jackpot is $5000 dollars cash. CA$H 4 is considered a pick four lottery drawing ticket with drawings held two times a day once in the afternoon and later that night in the evening.

Georgia FIVE, Jackpot Prize for G5 is $10,000 dollars with odds of winning the 10 grand being one in one hundred thousand. Lotto Tickets cost $1.00 dollar a play, pick five numbers per ticket and hope luck smiles on you. Drawings are held twice a day, afternoon drawings are held at 12:29 PM and evening drawings at 6:59 PM.

Keno!, a 10 spot game match will win you $100,000 dollar Grand Prize. You may play a $1.00 dollar draw all the way up to $10.00 dollars per draw. With the Keno! Multiplier the Jackpot Prize tops out at five million dollars per draw.

INSTANT LOTTERY TICKETS

The Peach State refers to its Scratch Tickets as Instant Lottery Games or Instant Tickets. Ticket prices for Georgia State Lottery Instant Games are anywhere from $1.00 dollar a Ticket to $20.00 dollar Instant Lotto Tickets, prices in between are $2.00, $3.00, $5.00, and $10.00 for Instant Lottery Tickets. Game Rules, Themes and Jackpot Prize's will be distinct too the Instant Lottery Game. Good Game, and Good Luck!

Georgia State Lottery was submitted to Lots~0~Cash: 10/05/04 and was last edited 05/11/12

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Georgia State Lottery Address:
250 Williams Street Suite 3000
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
United States of America
Phone Number: (404) 215-5000
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