Three people won big in Georgia's Fantasy 5 lottery game and another was a winner in the Mega Millions drawing.
Pamela Hester, 53, of Canton, who gives Boar's Head demonstrations in grocery stores, won a $152,649 jackpot. She plans to pay off her car note, buy a new car and give money to her 11 children and grandchildren.
Exie Evans, 51, of Decatur, a family service worker for the state Division of Family & Children Services, won a $118,452 jackpot. She plans to pay off the new car she just bought. Evans, who has three children and six grandchildren, watched the televised drawing and wrote down the numbers.
"I went to check my ticket, and I had to sit for a minute," Evans said. "I did what felt like a couple of flips."
Willie Wright, 60, of College Park, won a $56,150 jackpot. Wright, a local truck driver, said he is going to use the money to host a family reunion.
"It's exuberating. It couldn't have come at a better time," Wright said. Wright said he and his wife will host a family reunion with their three sons and six grandchildren in July.
Eddie Lemons, 37, of Snellville, won $250,000 in the Mega Millions drawing. Lemons, an investment manager, said he felt like he was in a movie.
"I screamed, and paper went everywhere," he said. "I was shaving, and shaving cream got all over the walls."
Lemons said he will invest his winnings.
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