ATLANTA – Two winning tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in Conyers and Newnan for the March 3 Powerball drawing.
The tickets were purchased at Food Mart, located at 974 Pleasant Hill Road NW in Conyers, and Coweta Country Junction, located at 1502 Highway 29 N. in Newnan.
Winning numbers from the March 3 drawing were: 13-17-25-36-40 and the Powerball was 5.
A winner claimed the Conyers ticket Tuesday at Georgia Lottery headquarters. The Newnan ticket has not been claimed yet.
In Georgia, Powerball winners have 180 days from the draw date to claim prizes.
Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is an estimated $348 million to a single annuity winner.
Powerball tickets can be purchased at Georgia Lottery retailers statewide. Georgia residents also can purchase Powerball tickets via the Georgia Lottery app or online at www.galottery.com.
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 $19.2 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 1.8 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.6 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp., please visit:
www.powerball.com and www.galottery.com and
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