ATLANTA — A Marietta retiree won a quarter-million dollars from the July 27 Mega Millions drawing.
Martha Brown, who retired in April from the Cobb County Water System, matched the first five winning numbers. Brown told lottery officials she plans on purchasing a new house.
The $250,000 Mega Millions win is the second time Brown has won a large prize from the Georgia Lottery. She won $150,000 playing Powerball in 1996.
"I split it with my children," said the mother of three. She also has seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Winning numbers from the July 27 drawing were: 2-7-10-16-29 and the Mega Ball was 8. A Marietta Milford Food Mart sold the winning Quik Pik ticket.
Brown, 66, said she knew she was going to win.
"When I saw my winning numbers, I felt calm," she said.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $11.9 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 1.2 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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