"My initial reaction was shock and disbelief," said Griffin, 39.

Griffin learned of her win Saturday morning when her mother called to tell her that other relatives had seen her name listed on the Georgia Lottery Corporation's Web site.

Griffin works with her husband, Jimmy, as a bookkeeper and assistant for his heating and air conditioning business.

A mother of two sons and three daughters, Griffin is pleased that two of her children benefited from lottery-funded HOPE and one attended lottery-funded Pre-K.

According to Griffin, she will use her winnings to pay bills, purchase new living room furniture, and travel.

Georgia's Millionaire Club weekly drawings are held in conjunction with the instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club. Each weekly Georgia's Millionaire Club winner will receive $5,000 and become a finalist in the Extra Chance $10 Million Grand Prize Drawing.

Players can mail in a non-winning Georgia's $500 Million Club ticket to enter the Georgia's Millionaire Club drawings. Complete the back of the ticket, add a stamp, and mail the ticket as a postcard. The Georgia Lottery will conduct a weekly drawing from all entries received that week. Weekly drawings will be broadcast as a part of the Cash 3 evening drawings each Friday at 6:59 p.m.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over $8.8 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.

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