ATLANTA – A Hazlehurst man is overjoyed from winning the lottery. Ted Poore used a combination of friends and family birthdays and was one of five players to win a $73,357 top prize in the Oct. 22 Fantasy 5 drawing.
"I couldn't believe it," said Poore, 47, who works for the Georgia Department of Corrections.
He purchased his ticket at Jackets Stop & Shop, 18 W. Jefferson St. in Hazlehurst. Winning numbers for the Oct. 22 Fantasy 5 drawing were: 4-11-14-22-29. Other top prize tickets for the Oct. 22 Fantasy 5 drawing were purchased in West Point, Alpharetta, Carrollton and Douglasville.
Poore will celebrate his 48th birthday on Nov. 22. He considers the win an early birthday gift.
"I feel good," he exclaimed. "I'll pay bills and buy myself a new truck."
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. Jackets Stop & Shop will receive a retailer incentive bonus of $2,000.
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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