The lottery player who purchased the ticket gets the prize, of course.
But the lottery retailer who sold the winning ticket also is paid a bonus of 1% of the prize value, up to $100,000, directly by the Hoosier Lottery.
Itâs one of the tools the Hoosier Lottery uses to attract and retain lottery ticket retailers in cities and towns across Indiana.
And it recently paid off big for the small Hammond grocery store that sold a winning CA$H 5 draw game ticket worth $1.08 million.
On Feb. 3, the Hoosier Lottery presented the three owners of RA Foods, 1201 Chicago Ave., a check for $10,840 for selling the CA$H 5 ticket that won the gameâs top prize.
dollars in this case, up to a million dollars. but here in atlanta, the georgia lottery corporation says that they do not give such a retail bonus to the person that sells the ticket here. retailers get a 6% commission on sales and get the distinction of being the lucky stars and sometimes get a giant promotional check. we spoke with the owner of the newsstand here, she s a korean immigrant that came to the u.s. in 1980 and owned the store for nine years. she says she is sad that she did not will not get the retailer bonus but still excited that her store sold for the winning ticket. here s the speculation, we don t know who the winner is and who actually bought these winning tickets but the speculation is here in this high rise office complex in upscale part of atlanta, speculation is that an office pool may have bought the winning ticket. at this point we re waiting for them to come forward.
retailer. and she is fantastic. she sells tickets every day with a smile, so i love that someone bought a ticket from her. reporter: now, an interesting point, there is some question about how much this particular retailer in georgia will get. that other owner, store owner in california will get a payout of $1 million. we just heard from the georgia lottery commission, a spokesperson for the corporation says that there is no retailer bonus in georgia, and instead retailers here get a flat 6% commission on sales. they also get a big promotional check for pr purposes that they can put up in the store. other than that, they just get the distinction of being the lucky store. so right now the store clerk, though, she s just glad to get all the attention as we wait for the winners to come forward. thomas, back to you. gabe, if i remember atlanta well, you re right by phipps and lenox mall, correct? there s an emeril s restaurant