Preston Fuqua bought his winning $10,000 lottery ticket from a Chevron in Gainesville, Georgia.

One lucky player bought a Mega Millions ticket worth $983 million from a Publix in Newnan, Georgia.

Happy birthday from the Georgia Lottery!

It certainly was a memorable occasion for Preston Fuqua of Gainesville, Georgia. The married father of three bought a lottery scratch-off ticket on his wife's Nov. 14 birthday — the same night jackpot (final ticket sales pushed the ).

While one grand prize that night, Fuqua scored some cool cash, too: His Georgia Millionaire scratch-off ticket was worth $10,000, according to the state's lottery organization.

The Georgia Lottery said Fuqua, who has "lived in Gainesville since 1999 with his wife and three children, bought the ticket Friday, Nov. 14, his

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