ATLANTA – Michael Drew of Boston, Ga., has won the $537,718 Fantasy 5 jackpot prize from the Dec. 26 drawing, having matched all five of the winning numbers.
Drew, 50, purchased his winning Quik Pik ticket at Pantry #0002, 232 E. Jefferson St. in Boston.
Winning numbers from the Dec. 26 Fantasy 5 drawing were: 1-11-23-34-36.
The lucky winner checked the Georgia Lottery’s website for the results of the drawing.
“I was in disbelief,” he said. “It’s still unbelievable.”
A Georgia Department of Agriculture inspector, Drew and his wife have no immediate plans for the windfall.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $15.7 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 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.3 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp., please visit:
www.galottery.com and www.lotterybenefitsgeorgians.com