Lottery player snags $1 million Powerball ticket in Alpharetta
A pub sub and a winning Powerball ticket?
A lucky grocery store customer picked up at least the latter when they stopped by a Publix in Alpharetta for a Powerball ticket before Wednesday’s drawing.
The Georgia Lottery said Thursday that someone won $1 million pretax on a ticket purchased at the store at 270 Rucker Road.
The player, who has not been identified, matched the five white-ball numbers of 8-17-22-28-55 but failed to also hit the red Powerball, which was 14.
A $50,000 ticket also was purchased at El Cheapo in Richmond Hill.
Nobody won the estimated $175 million jackpot in Wednesday’s multistate drawing, according to the Powerball website. The next drawing is Saturday, when the jackpot will grow to an estimated $195 million.
That’s still nowhere near the $1.79 billion jackpot won last month by players in Missouri and Texas. That growing prize pot created a frenzy in Georgia and across the country as hopefuls snapped up tickets for what became the game’s second-largest haul since its 1992 launch.
Odds of winning the grand prize are minuscule: just 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.
Proceeds from Georgia Lottery games support educational programs in the state.
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