An Army veteran from Fayetteville won a quarter million dollars in the Georgia Lottery days before his return to Afghanistan.
Gregg Curry, a father of three and a master sergeant with the Third U.S. Army Forces Central Command, bought a winning Cool Cash ticket while stopping to buy a bottle of water with his wife, Mary, lottery officials said Friday.
Curry, 47, returns to Afghanistan Monday. He was home for two weeks from Bagram Airfield, where he's been stationed for seven months. He'll be in Afghanistan another five months.
He told lottery officials that he plans to use his $250,000 to pay bills and take a vacation after his tour.
Another man, Gerald DiFatta, 65, of Grayson, won $264,955, three days after buying a ticket on his birthday that returned $3.
“I almost didn’t play,” DiFatta told lottery officials. “I went past the store and turned around to get a ticket.”
DiFatta bought his Quik Pik ticket at Monroe Shell, 1880 Highway 138 N.W. in Monroe.
Curry bought his at the Kwickie/Flash at 973 Highway 54 in Fayetteville.
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