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ATLANTA – A Cartersville man has claimed a lucky Powerball ticket worth $1 million. Sonny Nowell, 74, matched the first five winning numbers from the Feb. 20 Powerball drawing, winning a $1 million prize.

“I chose my own numbers,” Nowell said.  “It was nothing other than tracking numbers. I keep my own system.”

Texaco Food Mart, located at 1401 West Ave. in Cartersville, sold the winning ticket.

Winning numbers from the drawing were: 11-12-15-16-54 and the Powerball was 25.

Following the televised drawing, Nowell called the Georgia Lottery’s Player Information Hot Line for the results.

“Then, I called again,” he recalled. “It’s real exciting. I wondered how I got that lucky.”

Nowell and his wife, Dorothy, will celebrate their 53^rd wedding anniversary in April. They have an adult daughter and two granddaughters.

“This is a great anniversary present,” he shared. “Winning this prize will make life more enjoyable.”

Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is an estimated $50 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 $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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