$1 Million Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Cartersville

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Cartersville, GA -- A winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold over the weekend in Cartersville.

Texaco Food Mart at 401 West Avenue sold a ticket that matched the first five winning numbers from the Saturday, Feb. 20 drawing.

Two additional lucky tickets worth $50,000 were sold in Port Wentworth and Savannah from the drawing. Winning numbers from the drawing were: 11-12-15-16-54 and the Powerball was 25.

A winner has not yet come forward to claim the $1 million prize. Powerball winners in Georgia have 180 days from the drawing date on the ticket to claim a prize.

Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot is an estimated $236 million to a single annuity winner. The Powerball jackpot began rolling Jan. 16 and has rolled 12 times.

Powerball offers two jackpot payment options: the $236 million jackpot prize paid over 29 years in 30 graduated payments; or the cash option, which is approximately $156.3 million.

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Powerball will benefit education in the state of Georgia.

For more information on the Georgia Lottery Corporation and Powerball, visit www.galottery.com and www.powerball.com.

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Image via Georgia Lottery