Eatonton travel center sells $1 million lottery prize
Friday, July 30, 2010
ATLANTA – Sammons Eagle One Travel Center, located at 100 Sara Lee Drive in Eatonton, has recently sold a $1 million Maximum Green top prize ticket. The manager of the Eatonton travel center considers selling a colossal Georgia Lottery prize special.
“We’re very excited about it,” Howell Cardwell said. “We do hope it attracts more business because we do have a nice location.”
According to Cardwell, the ticket was purchased from the Georgia Lottery’s instant ticket vending machine. The winner, a resident of Conyers, claimed the winning ticket July 19.
Cardwell touted the center’s spacious setting, including a full restaurant, gaming room, laundry room, truckers lounge and marble showers.
“We consider ourselves lucky because we can generate a lot of business from it,” he said. “And the lottery is a good partner for us. They do benefit us by helping us to bring in more customers.”
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