A South Hall player won $50,000 in the July 18 Powerball drawing after matching four of the five white-ball numbers and the Powerball. The winning ticket was bought at Publix on Spout Springs Road in Flowery Branch.
The win is modest next to the jackpots now building around the game, but it is the kind of prize that keeps Georgia Lottery players paying attention. Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot was estimated at $707 million with a $307.7 million cash option, and Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot was estimated at $567 million with a $251.8 million cash option.
There was also another reason lottery players in Georgia had something to talk about. One lucky player claimed a $3 million top prize on a Georgia Lottery scratcher Grant on July 17 and chose the cash option of $1,546,986. The winning ticket was purchased in Hinesville.
What stands out in South Hall is the money, not the name behind it. The winning ticket is identified, but the player is not, and the lottery has not said whether the prize has already been claimed. That leaves the state with one more payout on the books and one more unanswered question at the center of a drawing that already produced a clear winner.
For now, the South Hall ticket is the story: a $50,000 Powerball prize sold at Publix on Spout Springs Road in Flowery Branch, with a bigger jackpot chase still unfolding around it.
