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East Dublin store sells $150K winning lottery ticket

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Story Created: Mar 12, 2013 at 4:38 PM EDT

Story Updated: Mar 12, 2013 at 4:38 PM EDT

ATLANTA – A top prize winning ticket was sold in East Dublin. Friendly Gus, located at 415 Soperton Ave. in East Dublin, sold a winning ticket worth $150,000 from the instant game Giant Jumbo Bucks.

The winner, Billy Graham of East Dublin, claimed his prize Monday at the Georgia Lottery District Office in Macon.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $14 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 1.4 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.2 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.
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