Someone in DeKalb won $500k in lotto and hasn’t claimed the prize

Check your pockets. Someone in DeKalb County won half a million dollars in the Fantasy 5 game.

The ticket, worth $529,478, was sold at Chevron, located at 4223 Covington Highway, Decatur, for the June 11 drawing, lottery officials said.

Winning numbers from the June 11 drawing were: 7-12-13-22-37.

Winners have 180 days from the drawing date to claim prizes.

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