ATLANTA – A winning ticket worth $1 million was sold in Ringgold for the Jan. 27 Powerball drawing. In addition, a $50,000 Powerball ticket was purchased online.
Circle K Store #3553, located at 5337 Alabama Highway, sold the $1 million ticket.
Winning numbers from the Jan. 27 drawing were: 17-21-26-47-54 and the Powerball was 7.
The winners have not come forward yet. In Georgia, Powerball winners have 180 days from the draw date to claim prizes.
Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is an estimated $127 million to a single annuity winner.
Powerball tickets can be purchased at Georgia Lottery retailers statewide. Georgia residents also can purchase Powerball tickets via the Georgia Lottery app or at www.galottery.com.
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 $19.2 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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