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Gwinnett man 'in shock' after winning $750K scratch-off
By Tyler Estep
Sept 20, 2016A Gwinnett County man is "still in shock" after winning $750,000 on a Georgia Lottery scratch-off ticket Tuesday.
"I don't think the feeling has really hit me yet," John Brannon, 36, of Lawrenceville, said in a news release.
Brannon bought the winning Silver Peach ticket at the Exxon Food Mart at 2094 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road in Suwanee. He told lottery officials he'd decided to stop on his way home from work to purchase two tickets.
It was the second that made him a much wealthier man.
Brannon said he plans to use a portion of his prize to buy a new home.
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Tyler Estep hosts the AJC Win Column, Atlanta's new weekly destination for all things sports. He also shepherds the Sports Daily and Braves Report newsletters to your inbox.
