ATLANTA — A winning Georgia Lottery ticket worth over three-hundred thousand dollars was sold in Columbus. Farah Food Express, located at 5506 Forest Road, sold a winning Fantasy 5 ticket with a $322,400 jackpot prize.
The winner, Myra Kimber of Columbus, is one of two jackpot winners who each won $322,400 from matching all five numbers from the Dec. 8 Fantasy 5 drawing.
Kimber claimed her prize Dec. 9 at the Georgia Lottery District Office in Columbus.
Winning numbers from the Dec. 8 Fantasy 5 drawing were: 3-16-20-26-31.
The second jackpot-winning ticket was purchased in Ellijay.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16.7 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 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.4 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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