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Winning $300K Lotto Ticket Purchased in North Decatur
Norma Chavez, 60, of Decatur purchased the ticket at the Amoco Food Stop at the intersection of North Decatur and Clairmont roads.
An extraordinarily lucky Decatur woman won more than $300,000 this week after she bought a lottery ticket from a North Decatur gas station – her second major lotto score in four years.
Norma Chavez, 60, of Decatur won in Sunday's Fantasy 5 drawing, part of the Georgia Lottery, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. She purchased the ticket from the at the intersection of Clairmont and North Decatur roads. The total amount: $317,530.
Chavez won the ticket using the same number (3-5-9-10-28) she used to win $52,000 a year for life as part of the state's Win for Life lottery in 2007.
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