Evans country store sells home grown $400,000 prize

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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Retailer sold winning Fantasy 5 ticket from June 6 drawing

ATLANTA – A country store in Evans is celebrating after selling a Georgia Lottery prize. Allen’s Country Store, 4277 Washington Road in Evans, recently sold a $400,000 Fast Play instant ticket.

Store owner Inderpal Dhillon said that selling a winning ticket is a good feeling.

“I was very happy,” he said. “Customers are asking for this ticket and buying it.”

The winner, an Evans resident, claimed the $400,000 prize July 26.

“I was here when the winner scratched the ticket,” Dhillon said. “The winner was thrilled, and I was shocked too.”

To their customers, Allen’s Country Store is considered a lucky shop.

A winning $50,000 Fantasy 5 jackpot ticket from June 6 also was sold from this location.

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 1.25 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.

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