Despite economy, Ga. lottery profits rise

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Georgia Lottery Corp. officials say profits rose slightly over this time last year despite the sagging economy.

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Phil Skinner, pskinner@ajc.com Dennis Sutton shows off the big $5 million check he received for his World Class Millions lottery win.

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Rydal chicken farmer Dennis Sutton collects his $ 5 million Georgia Lottery prize at the Kroger off Cherokee Street in Kennesaw. He purchased his winning World Class Millions instant game ticket at the store. The humble farmer says that he plans to pay off all his bills and may consider retiring. An even bigger lotter prize is up for grabs tonight in the $200 million Mega Millions drawing.

Phil Skinner, pskinner@ajc.com Rydal chicken farmer Dennis Sutton collects his $ 5 million Georgia Lottery prize at the Kroger off Cherokee Street in Kennesaw. He purchased his winning World Class Millions instant game ticket at the store. The humble farmer says that he plans to pay off all his bills and may consider retiring. An even bigger lotter prize is up for grabs tonight in the $200 million Mega Millions drawing.

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The lottery said Friday it brought in $215 million during its first quarter of fiscal year 2010, up from $214 million for the same period last year. The first quarter of the fiscal year is from July 1 to Sept. 30.

Georgia Lottery proceeds fund the HOPE scholarship program and free pre-kindergarten for 4-year-olds. Since it opened in 1993, the lottery has raised more than $11 billion that went to scholarships for 1 million students and pre-K for 940,000 children.

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