Georgia Court Awards Alabama Man $1 Million Lottery Win

The Lottery Commission filed a lawsuit saying there were two people claiming to have bought the ticket and asking the court to determine who was entitled to the money. The case went to trial July 17 in Atlanta and lasted until July 22.

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This is the tale of a ticket — a lottery ticket, that is.

It began on a February day in 2013 and it ended last week in an Atlanta courtroom, leaving an Alabama man $1 million richer.

In Alabama, Gadsden attorneys Jack Floyd and John Floyd represented Attalla retiree Larry Payne when a Gadsden woman claimed a winning lottery ticket belonged to her.