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Monday, January 11, 2016
ATLANTA – One lucky Gwinnett County man has won a $1 million prize from Saturday’s Powerball drawing. Dennis Taimanglo of Lawrenceville matched the first five numbers from the Jan. 9 drawing, winning a $1 million prize.
He claimed his prize Monday afternoon at Georgia Lottery headquarters in Atlanta.
The lucky Quik Pik ticket was purchased Friday evening at Simonton Shell, located at 920 New Hope Road in Lawrenceville.
Taimanglo, 38, discovered his windfall after receiving a screenshot of the Powerball results on his cellphone.
“I was shocked. I didn’t believe it,” he said. “I read the numbers out, then I started laughing.”
Taimanglo, who works in retail, is planning for his future. He and his fiancé, Lani, have one teenage son.
“It’s becoming a reality now,” he said. “I’ll be paying bills off and getting caught up with life.”
Many other Georgia Lottery players around the state won big in Saturday’s Powerball drawing.
Sixteen Georgia Lottery players won $50,000 each Saturday. Winning tickets were purchased in: Athens, Atlanta, Buford, Dalton, Duluth, Griffin, Hull, Jacksonville, Kennesaw, LaGrange, Macon, Marietta, Moultrie, Riverdale and Union Point. One winning $50,000 ticket was purchased on www.galottery.com.
Winning numbers from the drawing were: 16-19-32-34-57 and the Powerball was 13.
The Powerball jackpot has increased to an advertised $1.4 billion, a new world record for any lottery jackpot game. The cash option amount is $868 million.
Powerball winners in Georgia have 180 days from the draw date to claim prizes.
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 $17 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.
For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp. and Powerball, please visit:
www.galottery.com and www.powerball.com
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