A Georgia player won $3 million on GRANT, the second of the game’s three top prizes are gone
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A Georgia Lottery player has won the $3 million top prize on the $30 GRANT scratcher. According to the Georgia Lottery, the ticket was sold at Marathon Food Mart at 5700 Warm Springs Road in Columbus, and the player claimed on August 31 and took the lump sum cash payment of $1,546,986. The winner was not named.
The July winner of a GRANT top prize, who bought at a Parker's in Hinesville and claimed on July 17, received $1,546,986 as well. The cash value comes to 51.6% of the $3 million on the front of the ticket.
What is left in the game
GRANT went on sale May 19, 2026 with three $3 million top prizes. Hinesville took the first and Columbus the second, so one should be left. The Georgia Lottery's published prize table still listed two as unclaimed when we checked on September 5, which suggests the remaining-prize count hasn't been updated yet.
| Prize | At launch | Listed as remaining | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| $3,000,000 | 3 | 2 (1 actual) | 1 in 1,619,401 |
| $50,000 | 8 | 5 | 1 in 607,275 |
| $5,000 | 75 | 49 | 1 in 64,776 |
| $1,000 | 534 | 356 | 1 in 9,098 |
| $500 | 24,099 | 15,511 | 1 in 202 |
The game itself was rated the top game in Georgia but has since moved down after top prizes have been claimed. GRANT pays back 82.9% of sales, among the highest figures of any ticket in the country, and has good odds of 1 in 2.58, the best overall odds in Georgia. It rates 86.3 on our ValueScore™ scale, fifth in the state, down from the 97 it carried when it launched at number one in Georgia and one of the top games in the nation back in May. About 36% of all the tickets have been sold. Current Georgia rankings update daily.
The lottery said Georgia players claimed prizes of $32,528,715 from scratch-off games last week. It also reported a Statesboro resident winning $18,000 on the Lucky 7s Multiplier Diggi Game on August 31, one of the state's digital instant games. Check out the full rankings for Georgia here.
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Georgia Lottery: $3 Million-Winning Georgia Lottery Scratcher Sold in Columbus
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where was the $3 million Georgia GRANT ticket sold?
At Marathon Food Mart, 5700 Warm Springs Road in Columbus. According to the Georgia Lottery, the player claimed the $3 million top prize on August 31, 2026 and chose the lump sum cash payment of $1,546,986. The winner was not named.
How much is the cash option on a $3 million Georgia scratcher?
$1,546,986, or 51.6% of the advertised prize. That is the same figure the July winner of the same GRANT top prize received, so the cash value is fixed for the tier rather than calculated per claim. Before tax it is a little over half of the number printed on the ticket.
How many GRANT top prizes are left?
One, going by the claims the Georgia Lottery has announced. GRANT launched May 19, 2026 with three $3 million top prizes. One was claimed in Hinesville in July and this Columbus claim was the second. The lottery’s published prize table still showed two as unclaimed on September 5, 2026, so the remaining-prize count appears to lag announced claims by a few days.
Jessie Jurado is a news writer who covers new scratch-off launches, state lottery guides, taxes on winnings, news, and much more. She joined ScratchCheck in 2026 and writes the site's state-by-state coverage.
