16 GA Residents Win Key Powerball Prizes In Historic Drawings

A Georgia player may not have pocketed the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot Saturday, but the Georgia Lottery Corporation on Monday said 16 sizable prizes were still big winners.

The second-largest jackpot in Powerball's history will be split by winners in Missouri and Texas who matched all five white balls and the red Power Ball in Saturday's drawing.

The winning numbers for the drawing were 11, 23, 44, 61 and 62. The Power Ball was 17 and the multiplier was 02.

In Georgia, lottery officials said 12 tickets matched four white-ball numbers and the Powerball to win $50,000.

The winning tickets were purchased at:

• Pilot Travel Center, 319 Deer Head Cove Road, Rising Fawn
• Circle K, 3008 Alabama Ave., Bremen
• Dependable Stores, 1991 Marietta Blvd., Atlanta
• DJ One Stop, 1850 Highway 85 S., Fayetteville
• Citgo Quik Mart, 765 McFarland Pkwy., Alpharetta
• Murphy Express, 277 Norman Drive, Valdosta
• Raceway, 1406 N. St. Augustine Road, Valdosta
• Publix, 905 Memorial Drive, Atlanta
• Big E’s Country Store, 2100 Cordele Road, Albany
• Graham Country Boy Mini Mart, 9834 Golden Isles W., Baxley
• Georgia Lottery website by an Atlanta resident
• Georgia Lottery mobile app by a Marietta resident

Four more players selected the PowerPlay multiplier to double their winnings to $100,000. Those tickets were purchased at:

• Georgia Lottery website by a Gainesville resident
• Flash Foods, 110 W. Spring St., Mount Vernon
• Neighbors Market, 14656 Brown Bridge Road, Covington
• Shell Food Mart, 6360 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch

Additionally, two players on Saturday won jackpots playing Quick Win games, lottery officials said. A Hephzibah player won $118,624 on $25 and $50 Frenzy Quick Win.

The second jackpot, worth $23,918 on 20X The Money Quick Win, was won by a Dawsonville resident on the mobile app.

Other prizes were as follows:

• A player won $50,000 in Friday's Mega Millions drawing. The ticket matched four of the five white-ball numbers and the Mega Ball, and was purchased at Douglasville Food Mart, 3385 Fairburn Road in Douglasville. The ticket had a built-in 5X multiplier that raised the prize from $10,000 to $50,000.
• A Douglasville resident won $20,000 playing the Triple Patinum diggi game on Friday.
• A LaGrange player won $14,000 playing Keno! on Friday.

All funding from the Georgia Lottery's digital games, scratch-offs and other games benefit education in the Peach State, lottery officials said.

Online winning tickets have an expiration date of 180 days from the drawing date while instant ticket winners have 90 days from the expired date to claim prizes. Instructions on how to receive prizes are here.

Georgia takes 5.75 percent in state taxes and 24 percent in federal taxes for winnings more than $5,000.

"The (Georgia Lottery Corporation) reports to the IRS and Georgia Department of Revenue the names of winners of prizes above $600. ... Additionally, the GLC is required to check for and deduct any outstanding child support payments for prizes of $2,500 and above and student loans and state taxes for prizes of $5,000 and above, net of wager or ticket cost," lottery officials said on the Georgia Lottery website.