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Powder Springs Man Wins $1 Million In Lottery

Posted: 12:45 pm EDT July 7, 2009Updated: 12:54 pm EDT July 7, 2009

A Powder Springs systems analyst is bundled with joy.

Charles Jones, 47, won $1 million in the Weekly WinFall drawing held June 30.

The Shell Gas Station on S. Sweetwater Road in Lithia Springs sold the winning ticket.

He visited the Georgia Lottery’s Web site and discovered the good news.

“My first reaction was to double check the ticket to make sure my eyes weren’t blurred,” Jones said.

Jones and his wife, Pam, together have three children. One daughter currently is a student at Kennesaw State University as a lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship recipient.

He intends to save some his winnings, set money aside for retirement and share the remainder with the couple’s parents and their children, he said.

Weekly WinFall was a limited-time game that gave Georgia Lottery players two chances to win. Each week 10 lucky tickets purchased were drawn to win $5,000 each. The bonus drawing for one $1 million prize and 1,500 $500 prizes was held June 30.

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