Macon man wins $628,000 Fantasy 5 prize

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

ATLANTA – George Carswell of Macon is celebrating a lottery win. The 54-year-old won a $628,008 Fantasy 5 jackpot prize from matching all five winning numbers in the Sept. 3 drawing.

"I'm going to sit down and take the time to put my thoughts together," he said.

The winning Quik Pik ticket was purchased at Quik-E-Mart, 3450 Cascade Road S.W. in Atlanta. Winning numbers from the drawing were: 9-18-34-37-38.

"I'm just excited," he exclaimed.

Georgia Lottery retailers selling winning jackpot Fantasy 5 tickets receive a retailer incentive bonus of $2,000. The retailer incentive bonus increases by $2,000 each time Fantasy 5 rolls. If more than one winning jackpot ticket is sold, the retailers selling the jackpot winning tickets will share the bonus. Quik-E-Mart will receive a $12,000 retailer incentive bonus.

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.

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