ATLANTA – A combination of family birthdays has added up to a $45,424 win for a lucky Georgia Lottery player. Sharon Weekes, 56, was one of four players to match all five winning numbers in the Nov. 9 Fantasy 5 drawing.
"It's my mother's birthday and my dad's birthday," Weekes explained.
Winning numbers for the drawing were: 7-16-17-22-24. Weekes purchased her top prize ticket at Money Back #0008, 401 Veterans Parkway, Columbus. Other top prize tickets for the drawing were purchased in Bethlehem, Dahlonega and Woodstock.
Weekes, a resident of Cusseta, Ala., is married with one grown child and three grandchildren. She plans to pay bills with her prize.
"I may have a little fun with it but mostly pay off bills," she said.
Georgia Lottery retailers selling winning Fantasy 5 top prize 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 top prize ticket is sold, the retailers selling the top prize winning tickets will share the bonus. Money Back will receive a retailer incentive bonus of $1,500.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over $9.5 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 Prekindergarten Program. More than 1 million students have received HOPE, and more than 850,000 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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