ATLANTA — One lucky eBay auction seller has captured a jackpot prize playing Fantasy 5. Chantay Ethridge of Byron, is one of two winners to match all five numbers from the March 23 Fantasy 5 drawing, winning the $255,187 jackpot prize.
The retailer 7-11-8 Gas & Food Mart, 1660 Watson Blvd. in Warner Robins, sold the winning combination. The second jackpot winning ticket was sold in Albany.
Winning numbers from the March 23 Fantasy 5 drawing were: 1-10-11-15-23.
Self-employed selling items on eBay, Ethridge and her husband, Charles, have two children, ages 10 and 22.
“My husband woke me up, and I was in disbelief,” said Ethridge, 40. “I am so super excited.”
“I have so many plans,” Ethridge exclaimed.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $15 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 1.6 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.3 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.