Single winning ticket sold for $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot
A single ticket sold in Illinois won the biggest Powerball jackpot of the year, $1.04 billion, in Wednesday night's drawing, the game says.
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A single ticket sold in Illinois won the biggest Powerball jackpot of the year, $1.04 billion, in Wednesday night's drawing, the game says.
No winning tickets were sold for Monday night's $905 million Powerball jackpot, so the estimated grand prize for Wednesday's drawing will be at least $1 billion.
While millions of players are dreaming of what they would do if they won the big Powerball jackpot, state officials point out that Georgia students are already winning big.
The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night's pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion.
A simple trip to the grocery store has turned one lucky Atlanta resident into a millionaire.
The University of Georgia Police Department has suspended and demoted one of its IT employees after the agency says he used its Flock Automated License Plate Reader database without authorization.
The teenage son of former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kim Zolciak and former Atlanta Falcons linebacker Kroy Biermann has been granted bond, but his release comes with strict limits on where he can live and whom he can contact.
Popular Atlanta radio personality Big Tigger is back on the airwaves after prosecutors dropped all charges against him connected with his arrest earlier this year.
Georgia Rep. Mike Collins received a significant endorsement in his push to unseat Sen. Jon Ossoff with Gov. Brian Kemp officially backing him.
There's a flaw in Georgia's voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they've been cast.