A Georgia lottery player bought a $30 scratcher — and netted a life-changing prize. The lucky player won a $3 million jackpot playing the $3,000 Festive Frenzy scratch-off game, beating odds of 1 in 2.6 million to snag the top prize, according to the Georgia Lottery.

The South Carolina Education Lottery says it has raised over half a billion dollars for state students for the fifth year in a row.

Totals last week rang up to nearly $42 million in scratch-off earnings for Georgians. Here's where the lucky winners got their tickets.

Two Georgia lottery players tried their luck — and both won big. The lucky winners hit the Fantasy 5 jackpot, each winning $1,064,097 after matching all five numbers in the drawing Saturday, June 28, the Georgia Lottery said.

Ali Lakhani, owner of Quick Stop Hephzibah, 2504 Georgia Highway 88, accepted the check. The store sold a $1 million winning top-prize ticket for the Georgia Lottery game 50X The Money. The winner, a resident of Hephzibah, claimed the prize June 26.

The winning numbers in Wednesday's drawing of the "Georgia Fantasy 5" game were: You also can respond to a story: Submit a letter to the editor.

A Fantasy 5 player tried their luck and won big in Georgia. The lucky winner hit the jackpot, scoring a $150,000 prize in the drawing Friday, July 11, according to the Georgia Lottery’s website. The ticket, sold in Rossville, matched all five numbers, results show.

Big bucks for Georgians Big picture view: Scratch-off games alone paid out over $42.8 million to players last week across Georgia, according to lottery officials.

The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the "Georgia Cash 3 Night" game were: You also can respond to a story: Submit a letter to the editor.