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Lottery winner still a mystery in Georgia
Lottery winner still a mystery in GeorgiaPosted: 9/2/2008 7:15:22 PM  The winner of Friday night's $132 million Mega Millions jackpot still hadn't shown up at Georgia Lottery headquarters by closing time Tuesday.
Lottery spokeswoman Tandi Reddick said at 4:45 p.m. that the holder of the winning ticket, sold in Mableton in south Cobb County, had not yet come forward.
While lottery players have 180 days to cash in winning tickets, recent winners of huge jackpots have rarely waited more than a day or two to collect their money.
In February, Robert Harris and his wife, Tonya, drove the 200 miles from their home in South Georgia to lottery headquarters in Atlanta the following Monday after hitting big on a $275 million jackpot in a Friday night Mega Millions drawing.
Likewise, North Georgia's Eddie Nabors, who split a record $390 millon jackpot with a New Jersey winner in March, 2007, claimed his winnings the day after the Tuesday night drawing.
Only one ticket, sold at the Mableton Chevron on Veterans Memorial Highway, matched all six numbers in Friday night's drawing : 21, 25, 26, 50, 51 and the Mega Ball of 22. Source: AJC
United States Member #4194 March 23, 2004 648 Posts Offline |
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Georgia is a very lucky state~
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Inglewood United States Member #42199 June 22, 2006 122 Posts Offline |
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Georgia is a very lucky state~ I know, everytime you look, GA. has hit again. maybe it'll shift to Calif for a while. I sure hope so. I wanna win something!!!
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Ellenwood,Georgia United States Member #60994 April 21, 2008 221 Posts Offline |
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I know, everytime you look, GA. has hit again. maybe it'll shift to Calif for a while. I sure hope so. I wanna win something!!! Sometimes we are but I don't think so. Not lately.  Mrs.D
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United States Member #61017 April 21, 2008 154 Posts Offline |
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heck i'd be happy with FL's piddly 20 mil (come on Lottery Gods, smile upon me!!!)
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MI United States Member #55299 August 31, 2007 580 Posts Online |
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Why do reporters and new organizations always expect the winner to come out on the next business day?  Maybe this person will want to fly a bit under the radar.
It's only the third time in the last year and a half that there's been a Georgia winner though one was one of the two winners of the record breaking 390M in jackpot in March 2007, then that couple from Georgia from earlier this year and now whomever won last Friday. With odds like 1 in 175,711,536 how can I lose?!
You can't predict random.
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Idaho United States Member #56982 November 21, 2007 1705 Posts Offline |
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I agree. The person or persons who won, are probably just trying to get everything in order and don't want to rush things or maybe they haven't checked their tickets yet and don't know they won yet. 
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Australia Member #37542 April 11, 2006 265 Posts Offline |
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they should hurry up, don't they know they're missing out on $14k a day in interest. i look at all lotteries as a 50-50 chance,
either i win or i don't
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United States Member #52818 May 21, 2007 236 Posts Offline |
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hehehe .... am sure they'll come foward soon enough 
if thar smart they'll wait till the last possible day
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United States Member #15415 May 10, 2005 248 Posts Offline |
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Congrats to the lucky winner!!
Heck, it would take me a few days just to catch my breath. Then I'd have to schedule an appt with a tax attorney and accountant.
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