Georgia Lottery

About Georgia Lottery

The Georgia Lottery is run by the U.S. state of Georgia. Headquartered in Atlanta and run by the Georgia Lottery Corporation, the lottery takes in over US$1 billion yearly. Half the money goes to prizes, one-third to education, and the remainder to operating and marketing the lottery. The education money funds the HOPE Scholarship, and has become a successful model for other states, including the new South Carolina Education Lottery.

Long unconstitutional, a state-run lottery was explicitly allowed in a 1992 amendment to Article I, Section II, Paragraph VIII of the Georgia State Constitution.

The original weekly jackpot game, Lotto Georgia, later merged with two other states to become Lotto South. Like neighboring Florida, Georgia also has a once-daily Fantasy 5 game. There is also the twice-daily, once on Sunday, Cash 3 and Cash 4 games. It also participates in the multi-jurisdictional Mega Millions lottery, and has numerous scratch-and-win instant games which change frequently. In February 2006, Lotto South ended; its replacement does not have a cash option. Win For Life, the Lotto South replacement, offers the possibility of winning $1000 per week for life.