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The Georgia Lottery has announced that Ira Curry of Stone Mountain bought one of two jackpot winning Mega Millions tickets. Curry, who used a combination of family birthdays and lucky numbers, will get $120 million after taxes, according to a report form our affiliate CBS Atlanta. A second ticket was sold in San Jose, California, which split the estimated $636 million jackpot in half. Curry bought her ticket at the last minute at Gateway Newsstand at the Alliance Center building near Phipps Plaza.

The winning numbers drawn last night were 8, 14, 17, 20, 39, and the Mega Ball 7.

 

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.