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Lottery player takes chance with online game — and wins big Georgia prize

A Georgia resident scored a six-figure jackpot playing an online lottery game, the Georgia Lottery said.
A Georgia resident scored a six-figure jackpot playing an online lottery game, the Georgia Lottery said. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A stroke of luck led a Georgia lottery player to a six-figure prize.

The Carrollton resident won a $217,570 jackpot playing the Cleopatra Clusters Jackpot Diggi Game on June 23, officials said in a news release.

The game is only available online and features a progressive jackpot that grows with each play until someone wins, according to the lottery’s website.

To win, players must match a cluster of at least 20 Eye of Horus symbols in the Main Game or the Free Turns bonus game, per the Georgia Lottery’s website.

Players can also snag the jackpot by collecting 25 Cleopatra symbols in the Cleopatra Bonus game.

The overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.6, and tickets range from 50 cents to $20.

Additional information wasn’t immediately available.

The windfall was one of a few big lottery wins in the Peach State this week.

Two Powerball players each won $50,000 prizes in the June 23 drawing, narrowly missing the game’s estimated $129 million jackpot. One ticket was sold in Union City and the other in Cumming, a lottery spokesperson told McClatchy News.

Winners in Georgia have 90 days to claim prizes on instant games and 180 days from the draw date for draw games, according to the Georgia Lottery.

Carrollton is about a 50-mile drive southwest from downtown Atlanta.

Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.

If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

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This story was originally published June 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM with the headline "Lottery player takes chance with online game — and wins big Georgia prize."

Tanasia Kenney
Sun Herald
Tanasia is a service journalism reporter at the Charlotte Observer | CharlotteFive, working remotely from Atlanta, Georgia. She covers restaurant openings/closings in Charlotte and statewide explainers for the NC Service Journalism team. She’s been with McClatchy since 2020.
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