Douglasville mom lands $250,000 prize at Atlanta airport
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
ATLANTA – Winning a quarter-million dollar prize has created lots of hoopla for one Douglasville woman and her family. While waiting for a nephew to arrive at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Renee Dingle purchased a Mega Millions ticket and won a $250,000 prize.
Dingle, 42, had matched the first five winning numbers from the July 9 drawing.
“It’s exciting,” she said while claiming her prize.
Winning numbers from the July 9 drawing were: 1-31-33-34-50 and the Mega Ball was 41. The winning Quik Pik ticket was purchased at the Georgia Lottery’s Airport South kiosk.
While looking through her purse, Dingle decided to check her numbers on the Georgia Lottery’s website.
“I said, ‘Am I reading my numbers?’ ” she recalled. “Then I called the hot line to verify.”
Dingle, an occupational therapist, is a mother of two teenage boys, ages 16 and 14. She and her husband, Vince, have no immediate plans for their lottery win.
Because she purchased her lucky ticket while at the airport, Dingle anticipates purchasing a gift for her 18-year-old relative.
“I’ll get new shoes for my nephew,” she declared.
As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Mega Millions will benefit education in the state of Georgia.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $11.9 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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