Local lottery ticket wins man almost $500,00

Craigory Burch Jr, a fork lift driver from Fitzgerald, Georgia matched all five numbers from the November 29 Fantasy 5 drawing to win $434,272.

The twenty year old purchased the ticket from right here in Middle Georgia.

The lucky ticket was bought at H&R Food Mart located at 1507 Watson Blvd. in Warner Robins.

Burch explained “I couldn’t believe it at first. I was stunned.. I’m still overwhelmed”.

The Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $16.7 billion to the State of Georgia for education since its first year.