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Colorado woman chisels $1M Powerball prize during GA visit
ATLANTA – A Colorado woman has pinched a plentiful prize from the Georgia Lottery during a recent visit to the Peach State.
Judith Newcomb of Golden, Colo., matched the first five winning numbers from the Aug. 29 Powerball drawing, winning a $1 million prize.
The lucky winner claimed her prize Oct. 9 at Georgia Lottery headquarters in Atlanta.
“I’m filled with thankfulness, gratefulness,” said Newcomb, 69. “I’m extremely grateful.”
Although she has no immediate plans for her winnings, Newcomb recalled the moment she realized that she’d won, describing it as “special.”
“I was in total disbelief,” she said. “Marty, my husband, is the one who checked my ticket.”
On the day she purchased her ticket, Newcomb declared that she’d win the lottery.
“I bought the ticket and put it in my billfold,” she recalled.
Newcomb was in Georgia visiting her 96-year-old mother when she purchased her Powerball ticket.
Swifti Serve, 2002 Alabama Ave. S. in Bremen, sold the winning Quik Pik ticket.
Winning numbers from the Aug. 29 Powerball drawing were: 18-21-25-28-29 and the Powerball was 16.
Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is at an estimated $90 million to a single annuity winner.
Powerball tickets are $2 per play.
As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Powerball will benefit education in the state of Georgia.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16.7 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 1.4 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
POWERBALL FAST FACTS
Draw Date: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
Estimated Jackpot Amount: $301 million
Annuity Amount: Jackpot prize paid over 29 years in 30 graduated payments
Cash Option Amount: Approximately $191 million
Cost to Play: $2 per play; an additional $1 per play to add the Power Play multiplier
Drawings: 11 p.m. (ET) every Wednesday and Saturday
Overall Odds of Winning Any Prize: Approximately 1:32
Odds of Winning Jackpot Prize: Approximately 1:175 million
Date Jackpot Began Rolling: Aug. 5, 2015
Number of Rolls: 16
Last Winning Jackpot Ticket: Aug. 1, 2015 – $110 million jackpot (California)
#1 Powerball Jackpot: May 18, 2013 – $590.5 million jackpot (Florida winner)
For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp. and Powerball, please visit:
www.galottery.com, www.lotterybenefitsgeorgians.com and www.powerball.com
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