Georgia Lottery OKs Online Ticket Sales
Digital sales would begin later this year or in 2013.
The Georgia Lottery Board of Directors voted Thursday to begin a plan to allow players to buy tickets for jackpot games online, according to media reports. MegaMillions, PowerBall and Fantasy 5 will be the initial offerings, according to lottery president Margaret DeFrancisco. -- Will online sales affect your lottery purchases? Tell us in the comments below. The online sales would begin later this year or in 2013. "Our mission here is to maximize revenue for the HOPE Scholarship and Pre-K programs," DeFrancisco told WSB-TV. The lottery reported record sales of $3.8 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, but rising enrollments and tuition costs have reduced funds available to HOPE scholars.
Kelly Smith
11:13 am on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
First and foremost, I would pay off all my family's debt. Fix up their houses, pay off their farms, help them with their medical needs and so on. Then I would pay off my debt and pay for a wedding so that my fiance and I don't have to ask for financial help with our wedding. I would then put a big portion into savings and use the rest to help as many people as I could. I know there are so many … more ›