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Monday, June 19, 2017
Veteran wins half of $1.3 million Fantasy 5 jackpot
ATLANTA – Bradley Payne of Fayetteville claimed recently half of a high-ranking prize. Payne and a second winner matched all five numbers in the June 4 Fantasy 5 drawing, splitting the $1.3 million jackpot prize into a $666,595 win for each.
Winning numbers from the June 4 Fantasy 5 drawing were: 7-14-21-24-38.
Payne purchased his winning ticket at K & R Food Mart, located at 8390 Senoia Road in Fairburn.
The lucky winner said that he was out running errands when he stopped and purchased the ticket. After checking his numbers and realizing that he was a winner, Payne said that he was ecstatic.
“I was smiling and jumping for joy,” he said. “When I told my wife, she didn’t believe me.”
The 63-year-old veteran and retired truck driver said that he intends to use his winnings to pay some bills and relocate to St. Petersburg, Florida.
“I’ve been trying to get back down there since I retired,” he said. “I’m grateful.”
Payne claimed his prize last week at Georgia Lottery headquarters.
The second winner came forward Wednesday. Texaco Hop In, located at 5248 Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain, sold the second winning ticket.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $18.4 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.
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