$2.5 million win has Portal grandfather hitting roof

Thursday, June 10, 2010

ATLANTA – A grandfather in Portal has hit the roof over winning a multi-million dollar prize. Jimmy Coleman Sr., who owns a local roofing business, stopped for a Pepsi and won a $2.5 million Georgia Lottery top prize playing the instant game Millionaire Jumbo Bucks.

“I had a feeling that something good was going to happen,” the grandfather of 27 said. “I bought it, and I went home.”

Clyde’s Market #0047, located at 513 U.S. Highway 80 E. in Brooklet, sold the winning ticket.

Coleman plans to purchase and fix up homes.

“I want to buy a new truck. That’s the only other thing that I want.”

Coleman, who has operated his business 30 years, has nine children.

Robert Harris, also of Portal, won a $275 million jackpot from the Feb. 22, 2008 Mega Millions drawing when he correctly selected the winning numbers and became the largest single winner in Georgia Lottery history.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $11.7 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 Pre-K Program. More than 1.2 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.

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