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Powerball tickets totaling $100K sold in Atlanta and Covington
Powerball

COVINGTON, Ga. - Two tickets worth $50,000 each were sold in Atlanta and Covington for the April 28 and May 2 Powerball drawings.

Winning numbers from the April 28 drawing were: 20-22-28-45-50 and the Powerball was 8. The winning ticket from the drawing was sold at Shell Food Mart, located at 20 Salem Circle in Covington.

Winning numbers from the May 2 drawing were: 5-14-31-40-50 and the Powerball was 6. Publix Super Market #718, located at 4279 Roswell Road NE, sold the Atlanta ticket.

Winners have not come forward to claim the prizes yet.

Powerball winners in Georgia have 180 days from the draw date to claim prizes.

Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is an estimated $215 million to a single annuity winner.

Powerball tickets can be purchased at Georgia Lottery retailers statewide. Georgia residents also can purchase Powerball tickets via the Georgia Lottery app or online at www.galottery.com.

As with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Powerball will benefit education in the state of Georgia.

Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $19.5 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than 1.8 million students have received HOPE, and more than 1.6 million 4-year-olds have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten program.