Columbus Player Wins $10,000 on Georgia Lottery Online Game as Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $760 Million
A billboard advertises Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots in Missouri (file photo). Photo: Tony Webster / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
COLUMBUS, Ga. - A Columbus resident won $10,000 playing an online Georgia Lottery game, one of four Georgia players who won prizes of $10,000 or more over the weekend of Oct. 23-25, according to the Georgia Lottery Corp.
The Columbus player won the prize on Oct. 23 playing Lucky Coins Disco Pig, one of the lottery's Diggi Games. The games are sold only on the Georgia Lottery website and mobile app. The lottery did not release the winner's name.
A Grovetown resident won $50,000 on Oct. 25 playing another Diggi Game, Atlanta Falcons Rise Up.
Two $50,000 Powerball tickets sold in metro Atlanta
Two Georgia Powerball players each won $50,000 in the Oct. 24 drawing by matching four of the five white balls plus the Powerball, the lottery said. One ticket was sold at Kroger, 725 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE in Atlanta. The other was sold at Majik Market BP, 4470 Highway 92 in Acworth.
Jackpot now $760 million
No one has matched all six numbers since then. No ticket won the jackpot in the Oct. 26 or Oct. 28 drawings, and the estimated jackpot for Saturday, Oct. 31, is $760 million, according to Powerball.com. The cash option is about $326 million.
The winning numbers in the Oct. 28 drawing were 11, 13, 16, 47 and 60, with a Powerball of 13.
| Powerball facts | |
|---|---|
| Next drawing | Saturday, Oct. 31, 10:59 p.m. ET |
| Estimated jackpot | $760 million ($326 million cash) |
| Ticket price | $2, plus $1 for Power Play |
| Odds of winning the jackpot | 1 in 292.2 million |
| Odds of winning any prize | 1 in 24.9 |
Powerball drawings are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time at the Florida Lottery's draw studio in Tallahassee. Players who are in Georgia when they buy can purchase tickets from Georgia Lottery retailers, on the lottery's app or at galottery.com.
Where the money goes
Georgia Lottery profits pay for the HOPE Scholarship and the state's prekindergarten program. The lottery says it has returned more than $31.3 billion to the state for education since it began. More than 2.3 million students have received HOPE, and more than 2.3 million 4-year-olds have attended Georgia Pre-K, according to the lottery.
Players must be 18 or older. Anyone who needs help with problem gambling can call the national problem gambling helpline at 1-800-GAMBLER.
Source: Georgia Lottery Corp. (Oct. 26, 2026); Powerball.com (Oct. 29, 2026)
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