Winning ticket worth $214K sold in Tallapoosa
Thursday, March 7, 2013
ATLANTA – Samuel Burnham of Anniston, Ala., won the $214,195 jackpot prize from the Feb. 24 Fantasy 5 drawing. Burnham, 64, matched all five winning numbers from the drawing to clinch the top prize.
Robinson & Sons, 14 Commerce Place in Tallapoosa, sold the winning Quik Pik ticket.
Winning numbers from the Feb. 24 drawing were: 6-16-25-28-31.
A retired auto mechanic, Burnham claimed his prize at the Georgia Lottery’s District Office in Columbus.
“It’s wonderful,” the grandfather of five said. “Now my grandkids will get to go to college.”
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