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Cumming man wins $300,000 in Ga. lottery game
Stopping at a Dawonsville gas station may have been the best decision Marc Shirley ever made.
The 30-year-old Cumming man won second prize in the Georgia Lottery's $3 million Taxes Paid game -- good for $300,000 (after taxes). He claimed the prize Monday at Georgia Lottery headquarters, officials said.
Shirley purchased the ticket at the Silver City CITGO at 6623 Highway 9.
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
