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Middle Georgia stores sell $50,000 Powerball tickets

By STAFF REPORT breaking@macon.com
7-Eleven store clerk M. Faroqui celebrates with customers after learning the store sold a winning Powerball ticket on Wednesday in Chino Hills, Calif. One winning ticket was sold at the store located in suburban Los Angeles said Alex Traverso, a spokesman for California lottery. The identity of the winner is not yet known.
7-Eleven store clerk M. Faroqui celebrates with customers after learning the store sold a winning Powerball ticket on Wednesday in Chino Hills, Calif. One winning ticket was sold at the store located in suburban Los Angeles said Alex Traverso, a spokesman for California lottery. The identity of the winner is not yet known. Will Lester The Sun

Some Middle Georgians are $50,000 richer after Wednesday's Powerball drawing.

Two stores in Macon, one in Forsyth and one in Eastman sold $50,000 tickets, according to a release from the Georgia Lottery Corp. In addition, Georgia sold two $1 million tickets, one $100,000 ticket and 26 other $50,000 tickets.

The $1 million tickets were sold in Atlanta and Douglas, while an Alpharetta store sold the $100,000 ticket.

Three winning tickets for the record $1.5 billion jackpots were sold in California, Florida and Tennesee.

This story was originally published January 14, 2016 at 5:58 PM with the headline "Middle Georgia stores sell $50,000 Powerball tickets ."

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