Find out where this Macon woman bought her winning lottery ticket

A Macon woman won $50,000 in a lottery instant ticket game.

Melissa DeShazer, 45, won while playing the “Cashtastic scratcher” from the Georgia Lottery, according to a press release. She bought the ticket from Tom’s Food Mart at 811 Pio Nono Ave and was at work when she discovered she had won.

“I asked my co-worker to check to see if I was looking at my ticket correctly,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it.”

Deshazer, who works as a radio dispatcher clerk, said she immediately called her family to share the news and plans to use the money to pay some bills.

This story was originally published March 1, 2017 at 3:35 PM with the headline "Find out where this Macon woman bought her winning lottery ticket."