Georgia man finds $1M lottery ticket while cleaning his room

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michaelsullivan — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:54:51 GMT

keep on cleaning bro.

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Drenick1 — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:25:18 GMT

True.

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HaveABall — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:42:36 GMT

Unless he doesn't care to be caught. Perhaps, mainly, the sole captain of his ship.

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HaveABall — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:40:01 GMT

And ... California bought Powerball tickets won jackpot 3 times during the past 4.5 months!!! Is anybody who purchases tickets from an outside state upset/noticing their hope trust levels diminish

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Drenick1 — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:06:04 GMT

This guy is 26 and lives with mommy and yet rarely finds time to clean his room. Sounds like quite a catch

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sully16 — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:15:47 GMT

Congrats to the winners, nice job.

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HaveABall — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 04:30:05 GMT

, dognabit! Then it's a win, even if there is no lottery ticket uncovered

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dognabit — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:10:40 GMT

Morale of the story, always clean your room.

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Lynn-Lynn — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:08:45 GMT

Good luck with your win

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dallascowboyfan — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 15:01:23 GMT

Congratulation to all the winners

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1977 — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:57:23 GMT

LOL

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Shelby Mustang — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:52:08 GMT

Dont believe i'd told that story, I'd rather said I'd left it in a jacket I rarely wear, rather than admit I was a bum who left trash around long enough to get dust on it

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mikeintexas — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:04:31 GMT

I'd clean my room, but I've misplaced my scoop shovel.

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RedStang — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 05:09:28 GMT

I have a feeling Gregs mom is going to raise his rent.

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noise-gate — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 02:13:50 GMT

Winning ticket collecting dust ..Glad it was discovered in time.

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maringoman — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:32:06 GMT

These stories give players some hope. One ticket was self selected numbers and one was a QP . I wish they both had power played their tickets.

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Artist77 — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 22:57:37 GMT

Congrats!!! Wasn't there a similar story several years ago...some guy found a ticket while cleaning his room

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CDanaT — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 22:30:26 GMT

Kudo to both winners and a pretty good reminder to check the tickets as soon as reasonably possible

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lottoguysocal — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 21:04:48 GMT

Decatur, is a decent sized area of GA located in Dekalb County. Congrats to the lucky winner

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mypiemaster — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 20:24:07 GMT

Hmmm.....maybe a good reason to clean your house or apartment, or even trailer house or room daily, besides the obvious. Congrats!!!.

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RJOh — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 19:54:39 GMT

Decator, GA must be bigger than most communities named Decator or else everyone in Decator would have been checking their tickets immediately after hearing a million dollars PB winner was sold locally.

Georgia man finds $1M lottery ticket while cleaning his room

Lottery Post — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 19:37:00 GMT

By Todd Northrop

A Georgia man was tidying his room and came across a month-old lottery ticket that was gathering dust and turned out to be worth $1 million.

Gregory Jarrett, 26, of the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, had matched five numbers in the Powerball drawing of Jan. 15, but had apparently forgotten about it.

After he checked the numbers, I called for my mom, and I walked toward her, shaking, he said in a statement released by the Georgia Lottery. She verified it, and at that point w... [ More ]