An Acworth woman was on her way home from visiting her two grandchildren when she unknowingly won half a million dollars.
Melissa Golden bought a winning Fantasy 5 jackpot ticket worth $533,669, according to the Georgia Lottery.
“I saw how big the jackpot was and decided to play,” she told the lotto agency. “I bought two tickets.”
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The drawing was Monday.
“I kept screaming, ‘Oh, my gosh!’ ” she remembered.
She said she bought the ticket at the Lakeside Crossing gas station at 6649 Glade Road.
The winning numbers were: 12-18-26-32-35.
Golden, who works for Monitor Manufacturing in Cartersville, said the she plans to use the money on herself and her family — OK, maybe two specific members of her family.
“I’m going to spoil my grandchildren,” she said.
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