The Georgia Lottery only issues winning notifications via email to members of the Players Club who have opted in to receive win and payment alerts for Georgia Lottery purchases made using their iHOPEcard account . The Georgia Lottery will only send a win and payment email when a prize has been won from a purchase made online using an iHOPEcard account . All win and payment emails from the Georgia Lottery are sent from info @ mygalottery ; if you receive a winning notification from any other email address , it is a fraud . The Georgia Lottery does not send out winning notifications via postal mail . Unless you specifically entered a second chance drawing from the Georgia Lottery , there is no other circumstance where you will be contacted by us informing you that you ' ve won a prize .