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Did you win the $235K lottery jackpot in DeKalb?

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By J.D. Capelouto
April 23, 2019

One lucky person bought a lottery ticket worth more than $235,000 from a food mart in Chamblee.

The ticket won half of the Fantasy 5 jackpot’s $470,764 prize from Monday’s drawing, the Georgia Lottery said Tuesday. The winner has not yet come forward to claim the prize.

El Mercado Bueno Food Mart on New Peachtree Road sold the winning ticket.

A second winning ticket was sold in Savannah, the lottery said. The winning numbers were 5-10-23-24-40.

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J.D. is a local news reporter covering intown Atlanta and Atlanta City Hall for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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