Winning $557,000 Fantasy 5 ticket sold in Rossville

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

ATLANTA – A father of four has won more than a half-million dollar prize playing the Georgia Lottery’s Fantasy 5. George Patterson, who lives in Chattanooga, Tenn., won a $557,385 jackpot prize from matching all five winning numbers in the June 15 Fantasy 5 drawing.

While he won just before Father’s Day, Patterson intends to share his prize.

“I’ve got four daughters, and I will give it to them,” said Patterson, 72. “I’m going to watch them enjoy it. It’s the right thing to do.”

Winning numbers from the June 15 Fantasy 5 drawing were 12-15-23-29-35. Sunset Market #0003, located at 600 Chickamauga Road in Rossville, sold the winning ticket.

In addition to sharing with his daughters, who are ages 50, 46, 42 and 37, Patterson anticipates purchasing a new car for himself. The lucky lottery winner lives with his wife, Ada Pearl, and has worked 53 years for The Rock-Tenn Co.

“I’m just thankful I was able to win,” he shared. “Today is my day.”

Georgia Lottery retailers selling winning Fantasy 5 jackpot 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 winning jackpot tickets will share the bonus. Sunset Market #0003 will receive a $10,000 retailer incentive bonus.

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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