Two scratch-off lottery tickets purchased 70 miles apart made two lucky players millionaires, the Georgia Lottery said Monday. The names of the two big winners were not released. But there are likely signs their lives changed drastically with the scratch of a game card.

A Statham, Georgia resident won a $2 million top prize playing the $2 Million Dollar Multiplier scratch-off game from the Georgia Lottery, with the winning ticket purchased at Publix in Athens.

Two people, one in Missouri and one in Texas, will split the grand prize that had grown to $1.8 billion by Saturday night's drawing.

Your Tuesday headlinesOne lucky Georgia Lottery player won a jackpot of more than $1 million.According to the Georgia Lottery, the jackpot in Saturday's Fantasy 5 drawing was $1,254,315.The winning ticket was purchased at a Kroger on Sugar Loaf Parkway in Duluth.

Scratch-off lottery tickets are popular playing options among states that have a lottery. Two Houston County residents took home big prizes in the Georgia Lottery playing scratch-off games. In Warner Robins,

The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the "Georgia Cash 4 Night" game were: 1, 2, 5, 8 (one, two, five, eight)

A Warner Robins resident and a Perry resident won $2.5 million and $1 million, respectively, from separate scratch-off tickets.

Fantasy sports giant PrizePicks announced Monday it agreed to sell a majority stake for $1.6 billion to a Swiss lottery operator.