Her season ticket package includes two prime lower-level season tickets, season parking pass, $1,000 game day cash and two authentic jerseys.

According to Bridges, her husband, Doug, purchased the lottery ticket, and she helped scratch the winner. He purchased the ticket at Quick Serv, 1350 Veterans Parkway N. in Moultrie.

"We didn't know what to do," the mother of two said. "My husband really is a football fan."

Traveling to see the Atlanta Falcons play will be a first for the Bridges.

"It's exciting," she exclaimed.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned more than $11 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 Pre-K Program. More than 1.1 million students have received HOPE, and more than 940,000 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.