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Valdosta house painter hits the Georgia state lottery for a cool $1 million. ATLANTA Thurman Rowland is excited about his $1 million lottery win. The Valdosta house painter played the Georgia Lottery instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club and won a $1 million prize. "I'm still shaking," he said. "I'm letting it sink in, and I am taking it one day at a time."
Rowland, who will celebrate his 56th birthday on April 30, said that with his lottery win he wants to buy his dream car: a new Ford Crown Victoria. He also plans to buy a new house. He considers the win an early birthday present. "I still can't believe it. It's hard to explain," he exclaimed. "It hasn't sunk in yet. Having the money will be nice." Lowndes Beverage, 703 E. Park Ave. in Valdosta,Georgia sold the winning Georgia lotto ticket.
Atlanta police officer breaks mirror, sees 'unlucky' 13, wins $1 million An Atlanta Police Department officer is shattering superstitions of bad luck. On the same day that she broke a mirror, Andrea Evans of Conyers matched the number 13 playing a Georgia Lottery instant game and won $1 million. Evans purchased her Georgia Lottery's Cash Explosion top prize ticket at Honey Creek Amoco, located at 3500 Georgia Highway 20 S. in Conyers. She scratched the lucky ticket in her driveway and began screaming. "I was so happy," she exclaimed. "I called my husband, but he didn't believe it." Evans, and husband, Eric, have a total of five children. The family celebrated the lottery win with a special dinner. "Winning is a good feeling," she said. "We consider ourselves lucky."
ATLANTA,Georgia: An Odum woman is doubled over with excitement after a Georgia Lottery win. Rose Carr, 52, played the instant game Double Time and won $36,000. Using $2 from an $8 prize she won on another Georgia Lottery ticket, Carr purchased her top prize ticket at Friendly Express #0001, located at 1421 S. First St. in Jesup. She scratched the winning Georgia Lottery ticket in her car in the store's parking lot. "I screamed, 'Oh!' and ran back in the store to show the clerk," Carr explained. "She said for me to give her a 'high five' and I did. My heart was beating so fast that I didn't know what to do." Carr, a laundry service employee, is the proud mother of one son. She plans to use her lotto winnings for home improvements. "I want to redo my home," she shared.
ATLANTA,GA., 03/28/08 A Marietta woman is celebrating her birthday with a $1 Georgia lotto million win. Helga Williams, who celebrated her 56th birthday March 25, played the Georgia Lottery instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club and won a $1 million prize. Williams purchased the ticket at South Cobb Food Mart, 800 S. Cobb Drive in Marietta. "It's hard to believe," she said. "I almost fainted." Williams and her husband, Bennie, have two adult children and a 4-year-old grandson. The couple plan to vacation with family and save for their retirement.
ATLANTA,GA. A Columbus grandpa is celebrating a $5 million Georgia Lottery win. Prentiss Shumaker, 70, played the instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club and won $5 million.Milgen Road Foodmart, located at 4254 Milgen Road in Columbus, sold the top prize ticket. Shumaker scratched his ticket in the store. "I stood there and looked at it," he said. "I showed it to the store clerk, and he shook my hand."
Shumaker has one adult daughter and two grandchildren. He will use his Georgia lotto winnings to help them. "I'm going to make sure the grandkids and my daughter are taken care of," he shared. According to Shumaker, he also plans to retire from his job in purchasing and sales after 39 years with the same company. "I'm going to retire and get a part-time job. I can't just sit at home," he said. Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over $9.7 billion to the state of Georgia for education.
ATLANTA,GA. Georgia Lottery retailer Clyde's Market is receiving a $25,000 retailer incentive bonus for selling a Georgia Mega Millions jackpot ticket. The store, located at 27215 U.S. Highway 80 W. in Portal, sold a jackpot ticket for the $275 million drawing held Feb. 22.
Any Georgia Lottery retailer who sells a winning Georgia Mega Millions jackpot ticket can earn the $25,000 retailer incentive bonus payment. If more than one winning jackpot ticket is sold in Georgia, the retailers selling the winning tickets will share the $25,000 retailer incentive bonus. Robert Harris of Portal correctly selected the winning numbers for the Feb. 22 Georgia Mega Millions drawing and became the largest single winner in Georgia Lottery history. Harris, 47, selected the cash option and received $171.3 million before taxes. As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Georgia Mega Millions will benefit education in the state of Georgia.
ATLANTA,GA A Metter granddad is celebrating a half-million dollar Georgia Lottery prize. Andrew Jones, 60, played the instant game Jumbo Jumbo Bucks and won $500,000. The lucky ticket was purchased at Jet Food Store #0035, located at 309 W. Broad St. in Metter. Jones scratched the ticket in the store. "I just stood there," he said. "I had a good feeling inside." Jones, a line mechanic, has four children and 11 grandchildren. "I'm quite sure they'll enjoy this," he said.
A 47-year old iron worker from the tiny town of Portal, Ga., claims to have won the $270 Mega Millions lottery. He showed up Saturday morning to celebrate at Clyde's Market, where he bought the ticket Friday night.
The winner, who would only give an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter his name as "Mr. Harris," said he lives in a mobile home with his wife and two daughters and drives to Atlanta to work on skyscrapers. "But all that's about to change," he said. "I used to live in a trailer. And I used to be an iron worker."
Georgia Lottery officials could not be reached for comment Saturday morning to confirm that Harris purchased the winning ticket. Harris said he selected the winning numbers - 7, 12, 13, 19, 22 and Mega Ball 10 - by using the birthdates of his six granddaughters, but he did not elaborate. "I'm too happy and confused right now to think too clear," he said.
Georgiana Mulrooney - a clerk who works at Clyde's Market on Highway 80, the main road through the town of about 600 - confirmed that the store sold Harris the ticket. She said the store and Harris have been in touch with lottery officials. Portal is between Statesboro and Swainsboro.
ATLANTA, GA., A courthouse clerk from Cumming is courting a half-million dollar Georgia Lottery prize. Rebecca Patino, 26, played the instant game Jumbo Jumbo Bucks and won $500,000. CITGO at Cumming Square, located at 1410 Atlanta Highway in Cumming, sold the lucky ticket.
Patino, who is married with a 6-year-old son, plans to pay bills and buy a new car. "It feels great because this will be life changing," she said. According to Patino, she's a Georgia Lottery winner in more ways than one. She was a lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship recipient, and her son attended lottery-funded Pre-K. "Both were great programs," she shared. Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over $9.7 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 Prekindergarten Program. More than 1 million students have received HOPE, and more than 860,000 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
ATLANTA,GA., A Cisco grandmother has pegged a lottery win. Wilma Jones, a nurse, matched all five winning numbers in the Jan. 27 Fantasy 5 drawing and won the $255,550 top prize. She purchased the Quik Pik ticket at St. Clair's #0009, 20 Highway 2 East in Cisco. Winning numbers from the Jan. 27 Fantasy 5 drawing were: 2-7-14-17-21. She discovered her win when she called the Georgia Lottery player information hot line. "I went to my husband and shouted 'We've won,' " she said. "It's wonderful, wonderful."
Jones, 50, and her husband, Ray, have two adult children and three grandchildren. The couple plan to save their winnings. "We will always remember this moment," she shared.
ATLANTA,GA A recreational fisherman found lottery luck on a deep hook. Eugene Hartley of Dalton won a $400,000 top prize playing the Georgia Lottery instant game Sterling Silver. Hartley, 80, and his son stopped at Cagle's Stop / Shop, 3200 New Rosedale Road in Calhoun, before their fishing trip. "We always tease each other that we'd won a prize," he said. "This time I told him that I'd won $400,000."
Hartley has two adult children, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He plans to save his winnings. "It's exciting. It's great," he exclaimed. Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over $9.7 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 Prekindergarten Program. More than 1 million students have received HOPE, and more than 860,000 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
ATLANTA,GA A Delta flight attendant can fly the friendly skies as a new millionaire. Kristen Diloreto of Cumming won $1 million playing the Georgia Lottery instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club. The 40-year-old mother of three purchased the winning ticket at Publix Super Market #0049, 3480 Keith Bridge Road in Cumming, while grocery shopping. She scratched it in the car.
"I was thrilled," she said. "I took the ticket back to the store manager, and we both looked at each other in disbelief." Diloreto and her husband, Steve, will consider whether to take a family vacation; otherwise, they have no immediate plans for their winnings.
"I can't believe it's real," she exclaimed. "I feel like I'm an actress in a Georgia Lottery commercial."
ATLANTA A tire store owner is driving off with a lucky Georgia Lottery win. James Orr of Acworth was randomly selected in the Dec. 21 Georgia's Millionaire Club drawing, winning $5,000 and a chance at $10 million. Orr, 51, received a phone call with the exciting news. "I usually watch the drawings, but I was running late," he explained. "My brother in south Georgia saw it and called me."
Georgia's Millionaire Club weekly drawings are held in conjunction with the instant game Georgia's $500 Million Club. Each weekly Georgia's Millionaire Club winner will receive $5,000 and become a finalist in the Extra Chance $10 Million Grand Prize Drawing. Orr, who is married with two children and five grandchildren, owns Orr Tire Service in Kennesaw. He plans to use his $5,000 prize to "pay credit card bills from Christmas." Players can mail in a non-winning Georgia's $500 Million Club ticket to enter the Georgia's Millionaire Club drawings. Complete the back of the ticket, add a stamp, and mail the ticket as a postcard. The Georgia Lottery will conduct a weekly drawing from all entries received that week. Weekly drawings will be broadcast as a part of the Cash 3 evening drawings each Friday at 6:59 p.m.
ATLANTA A Valdosta man is celebrating the New Year as a new millionaire. Willie Frank Williams Jr. played the Georgia Lottery instant game Georgia’s $500 Million Club and won $1 million. Eddie / Betty’s Food Mart, located at 733 S. Lee St. in Valdosta, sold the lucky ticket. I was just in shock, said Williams, 20.
According to Williams, he is still deciding how to spend his winnings. I’m thinking about a lot of things, he said. Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over $9.5 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 Prekindergarten Program. More than 1 million students have received HOPE, and more than 850,000 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.