Monticello man wins $51,000 lottery prize
Monday, August 30, 2010
ATLANTA – A Monticello man’s fantasy has come true. Charlie Smith, 74, matched all five winning numbers in the Aug. 28 Fantasy 5 drawing and won $51,949.
“It feels good,” Smith said of his lucky win.
Winning numbers for the Aug. 28 drawing were: 4-8-16-23-31.
According to Smith, he will use his winnings to “pay some bills.”
Smith purchased his Quik Pik ticket at Hide-A-Way Package Store, 10 Towhee St., Monticello.
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. Hide-A-Way Package Store will receive a $2,000 retailer incentive bonus.
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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