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Ticket Bought from Vending Machine Earns Lottery Winner $2.5 Million
John Varnell Jr. says he's going to invest some of the winnings.
A Norcross-area man says he intends to invest a portion of the lottery winnings he was awarded this week.
He has a lot to start with.
John Varnell Jr., 62, won $2.5 million playing the Georgia Lottery’s 21 Black Series instant game.
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Varnell purchased the winning ticket at a ticket vending machine at the Quik Trip convenience store located at 1075 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.
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