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Georgia woman wins $5 million lottery jackpot
Georgia Lottery: Georgia woman wins $5 million lottery jackpot
A Cleveland, Georgia, woman who works on a chicken farm is celebrating an "eggs-cellent" $5 million dollar lottery win.
Peggy Abernathy, 42, who lives at Turners Corner in Lumpkin County but has a Cleveland address, picked up her prize Friday. The mother of two says she bought the ticket on a whim at Chattahoochee Grocery east of Cleveland. When she scratched off the ticket and discovered she had won, she called her sister, who owns the chicken farm where Abernathy is employed.
Store owner Joe Desai said the ticket was the last on the roll and at first Abernathy didn't want it because she didn't think it was lucky. The ticket was part of the Georgia Lottery's 15th Anniversary Millionaire Extravaganza game.
According to Abernathy, her second grandchild was born on the same day she won the big prize. Abernathy said she and her husband Jimmy plan to buy a new house and a car with the winnings.
After picking up her check, Abernathy went back to work at the chicken farm. "I got to go back and pick up more eggs," she said. "Those hens don't stop laying."
Peggy Abernathy, 42, of Turners Corner in Lumpkin County, is the winner of a $5 million Georgia Lottery jackpot.
Store owner Joe Desai said the ticket was the last on the roll and at first Abernathy didn’t want it because she didn’t think it was lucky.
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MI United States Member #55299 August 31, 2007 731 Posts Offline |
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Congrats to her, hopefully she'll have better luck than that one woman from Georgia did after winning five million a few years ago. With odds like 1 in 175,711,536 how can I lose?!
You can't predict random.
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Atlanta United States Member #29025 December 20, 2005 5582 Posts Offline |
| Posted: September 6, 2008, 4:32 pm - IP Logged |
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A Cleveland, Georgia, woman who works on a chicken farm is celebrating an "eggs-cellent" $5 million dollar lottery win.
Peggy Abernathy, 42, who lives at Turners Corner in Lumpkin County but has a Cleveland address, picked up her prize Friday. The mother of two says she bought the ticket on a whim at Chattahoochee Grocery east of Cleveland. When she scratched off the ticket and discovered she had won, she called her sister, who owns the chicken farm where Abernathy is employed.
Store owner Joe Desai said the ticket was the last on the roll and at first Abernathy didn't want it because she didn't think it was lucky. The ticket was part of the Georgia Lottery's 15th Anniversary Millionaire Extravaganza game.
According to Abernathy, her second grandchild was born on the same day she won the big prize. Abernathy said she and her husband Jimmy plan to buy a new house and a car with the winnings.
After picking up her check, Abernathy went back to work at the chicken farm. "I got to go back and pick up more eggs," she said. "Those hens don't stop laying."
Peggy Abernathy, 42, of Turners Corner in Lumpkin County, is the winner of a $5 million Georgia Lottery jackpot.
Store owner Joe Desai said the ticket was the last on the roll and at first Abernathy didn’t want it because she didn’t think it was lucky. WTG..WTG!! Smart bets...... Equal Phat Pocket$!
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United States Member #4194 March 23, 2004 704 Posts Offline |
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WOW great win!!! Out of towner too!!!!
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Nashville, Tn United States Member #39102 May 3, 2006 295 Posts Offline |
| Posted: September 6, 2008, 8:19 pm - IP Logged |
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wow.....what a great win. congrats to her. wooowhooooo.  waiting patiently for my jackpot
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skype kaitas6 New Member  gentofte kommune New Zealand Member #54977 August 21, 2007 7 Posts Online |
| Posted: September 6, 2008, 9:39 pm - IP Logged |
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wow.....what a great win. congrats to her. wooowhooooo. Congragulations, however I am ready to assist her should she positively needs a bigger win, I have predictions of great accuracy in keno numbers and lottery numbers, over the last 16 years.
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New Member atlanta United States Member #65265 September 6, 2008 2 Posts Offline |
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i live in cleveland georgia :)
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New Member atlanta United States Member #65265 September 6, 2008 2 Posts Offline |
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Congragulations, however I am ready to assist her should she positively needs a bigger win, I have predictions of great accuracy in keno numbers and lottery numbers, over the last 16 years. hi steve how bout u give me some good predictions for georgias next mega millions
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Australia Member #37542 April 11, 2006 331 Posts Offline |
| Posted: September 6, 2008, 11:51 pm - IP Logged |
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YEA if she finds any more unlucky scratchers lemme know ill buy em i look at all lotteries as a 50-50 chance,
either i win or i don't
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Bondi Junction Australia Member #57721 December 24, 2007 187 Posts Offline |
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I hope she doesn't but all her eggs in one basket!
LOL
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