Americus woman wins $3 million playing lottery
NewsCentral Staff
Story Created:
Feb 12, 2013 at 4:13 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Feb 12, 2013 at 8:57 PM EDT
A grocery store cashier has checked out a colossal prize from the Georgia Lottery.
Shaquita Mitchell of Americus has won a $3 million top prize playing the instant game Millionaire Jingle Jumbo Bucks. Mitchell, 33, claimed her prize Monday at the Georgia Lottery’s District Office in Columbus. Danfair Express in Americus, sold the winning ticket.
“I went in to get gas, and I purchased the ticket,” Mitchell said in a news release. “I scratched it when I went back to my car. I couldn’t believe it.”
In disbelief, the lucky winner shared the good news with the store’s clerk.
“I said, ‘This can’t be true,’ ” she recalled. “The clerk said, ‘Yes! You have won $3 million.’”
Excited over her windfall, Mitchell has yet to decide how she’ll use her winnings.
Danfair Express also sold a $1 million top prize from the instant game Georgia Millions last August.
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