ATLANTA – A winning ticket worth $50,000 was sold in Fortson for the Dec. 23 Powerball drawing.
The Store, located at 5130 Highway 219 in Fortson, sold the ticket.
Winning numbers from the Dec. 23 drawing were: 1-3-13-15-44 and the Powerball was 25.
A winner has not claimed the prize yet. In Georgia, Powerball winners have 180 days from the draw date to claim prizes.
Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is an estimated $337 million to a single annuity winner.
As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Powerball will benefit education in the state of Georgia.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $19 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.8 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.6 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corp., please visit:
www.powerball.com and www.galottery.com and
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