A
retired Rome
plant worker has landed a lifelong lottery win. Earl
Brown, 67, won $52,000 a year for life playing Win For
Life. He matched all six winning numbers in the June 20
Win For Life drawing and will receive $1,000 a week for
the rest of his life.
“It hasn’t sunk in yet, but I’m excited,” said
Brown, who worked for the Bekaert Corp. for 29
years.
Brown purchased his lucky numbers from Big H
Food, 127 E. 12th St. in
Rome , where he chose the
Quik Pik option. Winning numbers from the June 20 Win
For Life drawing were: 9-12-17-18-33-35 and the Free
Ball was 16.
He watched the televised drawing and checked the
numbers as they were called.
“I listened as the numbers were called, then I
waited until it was televised again,” he said. “I had to
see it again to believe it.”
Brown and his wife, Joann, have been married 44
years and have a 38-year-old daughter. He plans to pay
bills with his winnings.
“Anytime I win something I feel lucky,” he
shared. “I consider this a special win for me.”
Win for Life is a multi-state game played in
Georgia , Virginia and
Kentucky . As with all
other Georgia Lottery games,
proceeds from Win for Life will benefit education in the
state of Georgia .
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery
Corporation has returned over $9 billion to the state of
Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery
profits go to pay for specific educational programs
including Georgia ’s HOPE Scholarship Program and
Georgia ’s Prekindergarten Program. More than 1 million
students have received HOPE, and more than 790,000
4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary
prekindergarten program.
