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$1 million Powerball ticket sold at metro Atlanta store, jackpot at $793m

Georgia Lottery winner

ATLANTA — A Georgia Lottery player won $1 million in the Oct. 31 Powerball drawing from a ticket purchased in Loganville as the grand prize reaches $793 million.

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The next Powerball drawing will take place Nov. 2 and is shown live on WSB-TV at 10:59 p.m.

The $1 million ticket was purchased at Commerce C Store, 4920 Atlanta Highway in Loganville, after matching all five white-ball numbers.

Another player won $50,000 in the same drawing with a ticket purchased in Cumming.

The $50,000 Powerball ticket was purchased at Circle M, located at 4740 Jot Em Down Road in Cumming. That ticket matched four of the five white-ball numbers as well as the Powerball.

In addition to Powerball wins, one player hit the jackpot in the Oct. 30 Fantasy 5 drawing, winning $200,051. The jackpot-winning ticket was bought at Kings Palace, 2718 Osborne Road in St. Marys.

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Several players also won high-tier prizes on Georgia Lottery scratch-off tickets over the weekend. A player won $40,000 playing 10X The Money at Gas Express, 2447 N. Slappey Boulevard in Albany. Two $10,000 prizes were claimed in scratch-off games: one on 100X The Money at Hot Shot, 202 Veterans Parkway in Barnesville, and another on Double Your Lucky at Hi Tech Food Mart, 3471 Maundy Mill Road in Flowery Branch.

Online and specialty games produced additional winners. A Woodstock resident won $12,000 playing Keno! on the Georgia Lottery website on Nov. 1. Meanwhile, a ticket purchased at Borderline Food Mart, at 8 GA Highway 34 West in Franklin, won $7,500 in the Oct. 31 Millionaire for Life drawing after matching four of the five numbers plus the Millionaire ball.

Proceeds from all Georgia Lottery games, including Powerball, Fantasy 5, scratchers, Keno! and Millionaire for Life, benefit education in the state of Georgia.

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