A
Macon,
Georgia police officer said he is in
disbelief after winning $250,000 in the Georgia Lottery.
Richard Wolverton, 43, matched the first five numbers in
the July 6 Mega Millions drawing, winning the
quarter-million dollar second
prize.
Macon Police
Officer & $250,000 lottery
winner Richard
Wolverton
He
purchased the winning Quik Pik ticket at Riverside
Exxon, 2900
Riverside Drive
in Macon.
Winning numbers from the July 6 Mega Millions drawing
were: 3-9-12-25-47
and the Mega Ball was 37. Wolverton checked his
lucky numbers on the Georgia Lottery Web
site.
“I
said to myself, ‘This can’t be right,’ ” he said. “I
told my cousin, and she couldn’t believe
it.”
Wolverton
plans to invest his winnings. He is one of two
Macon
police officers to win the Georgia Lottery in recent
months. Wendell Collier of
Macon
won $50,000 playing the instant game
Georgia’s $500 Million Club in
June.
Macon police officer and $50,000 lottery
winner Wendell
Collier
“I
feel lucky in life and even luckier that I’ve won,” said
Collier, 40.
As
with all other Georgia Lottery games, proceeds from Mega
Millions will benefit education in the state of
Georgia.
Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corporation
has returned over $9.3 billion to the state of
Georgia
for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for
specific educational programs including
Georgia’s
HOPE Scholarship Program and
Georgia
’s Prekindergarten Program. More than 1 million students
have received HOPE, and more than 790,000 4-year-olds
have attended the statewide, voluntary prekindergarten
program.