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Metro Atlantans scoop up tickets for $337M Powerball drawing

Kennesaw resident Audria Burge shows the Powerball ticket she bought Saturday at the Exxon station in Dunwoody. Saturday's jackpot is $337 million. ERIC STIRGUS / ESTIRGUS@AJC.COM
Kennesaw resident Audria Burge shows the Powerball ticket she bought Saturday at the Exxon station in Dunwoody. Saturday's jackpot is $337 million. ERIC STIRGUS / ESTIRGUS@AJC.COM
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June 4, 2017

UPDATE: The winning June 3 numbers are 03, 09, 21, 41, 54 and the PowerBall is 25. Powerplay is 4x.

ORIGINAL STORY: What would you do if you won Saturday night's $337 million Powerball jackpot?

Some lucky Georgian is hoping to find out.

The current prize is believed to be one of the largest in Powerball history.

Powerball sales were brisk Saturday afternoon at an Exxon gas station near Perimeter Mall.

Kennesaw resident Audria Burge, 36, took time during her lunch break to buy what she hopes is the winning ticket. She picked her numbers using the birthdays of her four children, her fiance and herself.

Asked what she would do if she won, Burge said, “I would buy a lifelong vacation.”

The jackpot was last hit April 1, when someone in Arizona who remained anonymous cashed in to the tune of $60 million.

The drawing is at 10:59 p.m. on Channel 2 Action News.

In other news:

Police canvassed the neighborhood around Oakland City Park, asking neighbors if they had any information.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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