Someone in Georgia holding lottery ticket worth $308,000. Where was it sold?
Someone hit the Fantasy 5 jackpot, winning $308,474 in the drawing Saturday, July 26, according to the Georgia Lottery's website. The ticket, sold in Dallas, matched all five numbers.
Officials didn't say if the winner had come forward as of the morning of Monday, July 28.
McClatchy News reached out to the Georgia Lottery for more information July 28 and was awaiting a response.
The winning numbers on Saturday were 3-7-11-22-26, results show. The winner beat odds of 1 in 850,668 to take the top prize.
Winners in Georgia have 180 days to claim prizes on draw games and are encouraged to sign the back of their tickets, according to the lottery's website.
Dallas is about a 30-mile drive northwest from downtown Atlanta.
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