A Georgia Player Just Won $3 Million on GRANT, and Two Top Prizes Are Still Left
A Georgia player is $1.5 million richer after hitting a $3,000,000 top prize on the GRANT scratcher. The winner claimed the prize on July 17 and chose the cash option, taking $1,546,986. The winning ticket was sold at Parker’s #28 at 35 Old Sunbury Road in Hinesville.
The game behind the win
This one lands close to home for us, because GRANT is a game we flagged as the strongest in the state the day it launched, back when we covered GRANT debuting at number one in Georgia with a Valuescore of 97 at the time. It has held up. The $30 ticket currently rates 88.2 on our ValueScore™, squarely in the Excellent range, with an 82.9% payout percentage that is among the highest of any game we track.
Its overall odds are the real headline: 1 in 2.58, which means better than one in three tickets wins something. Very few games in the country are that generous with their hit rate, and it is a big part of why GRANT scores as well as it does.
Why the payment was half the prize
The gap between the $3,000,000 on the ticket and the $1,546,986 the winner actually collected surprises a lot of people, but it is normal. Big top prizes are advertised at their full annuity value, paid out over years, while the cash option is the lump sum the lottery can hand over today. Here that came to about 52% of the headline number, and taxes come out of it on top of that.
It is not a trick, just two different ways to be paid, and nearly every winner takes the cash. We walk through how to think about that choice in lump sum vs. annuity.
Two top prizes are still out there
For anyone in Georgia eyeing the game, the useful part: GRANT launched with three $3,000,000 top prizes, and this claim leaves two still unclaimed. A game with its biggest prizes intact and a ValueScore near 90 is about as good a position as a scratch-off gets.
That will not last forever. Every top prize claimed pulls a game’s value down, even though the odds printed on the back never change, so it is worth checking the live count before you buy. You can see GRANT’s current ValueScore and prizes remaining on its game page, or compare it against everything else on the shelf on our Georgia page.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much did the Georgia GRANT winner actually take home?
The advertised top prize was $3,000,000, but the winner chose the cash option and received $1,546,986 before taxes, which is roughly half the headline number.
Are there any $3 million prizes left on GRANT?
Yes. Two of the game’s three $3,000,000 top prizes were still unclaimed after this win, so the biggest money is still on the board.
Is GRANT a good scratch-off?
It is one of the best in the country. The $30 game rates 88.2 on our ValueScore, in the Excellent range, with an 82.9% payout percentage and overall odds of 1 in 2.58, meaning better than one in three tickets wins something.
Jessie Jurado covers consumer lottery topics with a focus on odds, value, and the math most players never see. She believes nobody should buy a scratch ticket without knowing what they're actually getting for their money.
