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Atlanta gas station sells $400K scratch-off lotto ticket

‘Odd’ Strategy Helps 22-Year-Old Win 2 Million
By Ben Brasch
May 31, 2018

A DeKalb County gas station sold a $400,000 scratch-off lottery ticket, the state lotto agency announced Thursday.

The winner, who collected anonymously, bought the ticket from a Marathon at 2588 Gresham Road in Atlanta, said Georgia Lottery spokeswoman Nia Roberts.

READ | Ga. lottery denies millions in prizes to winners of scratch-off games

That $400,000 is the maximum one can win from the game.

It was a 500 Loaded! ticket. The game was released April 17 and carries winning odds of 1 in 3.78, the agency said on its website.

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