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Gainesville painter wins $1 million in state lottery
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James Case of Gainesville poses with his wife, Marilyn, after winning $1 million in the Georgia Lottery. - photo by For The Times
From staff reports
Updated: Sept. 21, 2012, 11:59 p.m.

A Gainesville man on Tuesday claimed a $1 million lottery prize after playing the new instant game $1,000,000 Grand Casino at a Gainesville convenience store.

James Case, a 51-year-old painter, told the Georgia Lottery Corp., that he plans to pay off bills and donate some of the money to charity.

Case bought the ticket at J&S Food Mart at 2224 Thompson Bridge Road and scratched the ticket in the store.
“The cashier grinned,” Case said. “I joked, ‘Can you cash this ticket?’”

Case also won $250 in a separate lottery game that day.

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