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Lucky Macon store sells 2nd $10K lottery ticket in 2 weeks
ATLANTA – A Macon store is a hot spot for the new Georgia Lottery game Decades of Dollars. Kwickie/Flash #0219, located at 5602 Thomaston Road in Macon, has sold two $10,000 winning tickets in the game’s first month.
Danny Foster of Macon and Barbara Ann Ridley of McDonough are the lucky winners. They won by matching five of six winning numbers.
Foster won Feb. 24 and claimed his prize the following day. The technology company employee plans to save and buy a new car.
“I’ve been driving the same car for quite a number of years,” he said. “I’m planning on upgrading my transportation somewhat.”
Ridley won Feb. 14. She claimed her prize Feb. 18.
Decades of Dollars is a multi-state game played in Georgia, Kentucky and Virginia. The game offers a top prize of $250,000 a year for 30 years. Drawings are held at 11 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Tickets cost $2 per play.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $12.3 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 1.3 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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