The Georgia Lottery is lighting up lives in North Georgia with a flurry of wins, headlined by a $1 million Powerball victory. A winning ticket was sold at a Publix in Duluth, striking it rich by matching all five white-ball numbers from last Saturday drawing. According to FOX 5 Atlanta, the winner has yet to claim their seven-figure prize.
Apart from the $1 million win, a slew of other Georgia players also raked in various amounts. Someone in Jonesboro won $50,000 using the Georgia Lottery mobile app, while another from Fayetteville padded their bank account with $13,929. On the brick-and-mortar side, a Brookhaven resident nailed the $10,000 top prize in the Georgia FIVE evening draw last Friday, per the same report by FOX 5 Atlanta. Lottery officials advise winners to sign their tickets and verify winnings through official channels.
Meanwhile, the Powerball jackpot is an ever-growing beast. With no grand prize winners in Monday's draw, the jackpot will leap from $654 million to an estimated $689 million for today's drawing. According to WBIR, this bump comes after a spell of no outright winners since the hefty prize was last claimed in September earlier this year.
The epic lottery figures do not stop there. Powerball's top six jackpots have soared beyond the $1 billion mark, with the record-setting prize of $2.04 billion being snagged by a lucky Californian in November 2022. And while the latest draw didn't produce a new billionaire, one ticket in Illinois still found fortune by matching five white balls, banking a cool $1 million, WBIR reported. With the next draw set to entice with a vast sum, Powerball hopefuls are urged to keep an eye on the numbers at 10:59 p.m. ET every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
