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Father of four wins $400,000 before July 4th
Posted: 07.02.2012 at 4:01 PM
FOX 31 News Team

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ALBANY, GA --
One Albany man is celebrating a plentiful Georgia Lottery prize just as the July 4 holiday approaches. William Posey, 21, won a $400,000 top prize playing the instant game $400,000 Grant.

The lucky winner claimed his prize Monday at Georgia Lottery headquarters in Atlanta.

According to Posey, he purchased a ticket and scratched the middle line first, discovering he won.

“I was wide open,” the father of four recalled. “I could have jumped over a fence.”

Fast Lane Food Mart, located at 3000 Sylvester Road in Albany, sold the winning ticket.


 

Winning the prize will make for an even happier July 4 holiday celebration.

“I’m going to put this toward something good like (investments) for my kids,” Posey shared. “I want to buy a car, a truck and a new home.”

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