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Powder Springs Retiree Wins $350,000

He played a new Georgia Lottery instant game.

A 61-year-old Powder Springs grandfather is $350,000 richer.

Retired service technician Garry Fain played Elegant Riches, a new Georgia Lottery instant game, and won the top prize. Fain got the ticket at Jalaram Food Shop LLC on Brownsville Road and scratched it in his truck.

"I thought that I was about to pass out," he said.  

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Fain, who claimed his prize Monday at the Georgia Lottery headquarters in Atlanta, has not decided how he will use his money.


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