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News Nearby: Gwinnett Woman Wins $1 Million in Lottery

News from Patch sites in the area.

A quick stop at a convenience store in late December changed Penelope Henritze's life in more ways than she could have imagined -- by $1 million, to be exact. The Lilburn woman was on her way home from work when her "sweetheart" called and asked her to run a quick errand for him. "He called, and said, 'Stop and get me some snuff,'" Henritze, 68, recalled. -- What would you do with $1 million? Do you play the various lottery games? Share your thoughts in the comments below. She obliged, stopping at the Texaco Food Mart on Britt Road in Tucker. She picked up his favorite: Longhorn smokeless tobacco. Standing at the cashier's station, the Georgia Millions instant game card caught her eye. "I thought, 'Yeah I need to try the Millions,'" she …

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Two Winning Tickets in Wednesday's $587 Million Powerball

Two winning tickets were sold - one in Missouri and one in Arizona.

If you bought a Powerball ticket for the more $550 million jackpot on Nov. 28 in Missouri or Arizona, you should might want to check your ticket. Winning tickets were purchased by two separate people: one in Missouri and one in Arizona, according to the Powerball website. The Powerball winning numbers for the Nov. 28 drawing are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. While only two people will divide the jackpot, a total of 8,924,125 people won Powerball prizes on Nov. 28, the website notes.  ABC News reported lottery officials expected to sell more than 105,000 tickets every minute before the drawing. Despite the long odds for the big jackpot, the overall odds of winning a prize are considerably better at 1 in 55. In an article on the St. …

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