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Winning Fantasy 5 ticket sold DeKalb earlier this year

At least nine winning Fantasy 5 tickets were claimed in metro Atlanta from July to October 2016.
At least nine winning Fantasy 5 tickets were claimed in metro Atlanta from July to October 2016.
By Staff reports
Dec 30, 2016

A $546,322 Fantasy 5 lottery ticket was sold at a Shell Mart in Lithonia earlier this year. The winning ticket was paid Aug. 31.

The lucky ticket was one of at least nine winning Fantasy 5 tickets claimed in metro Atlanta from July to October, according to data from the Georgia Lottery Corp. The lottery provided data on prizes exceeding $600.

At least $107.8 million in prize money was claimed in Georgia.

All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia's Pre-K program. Check out winning numbers at http://www.ajc.com/lottery.

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