Publix in Newnan, Georgia, sold winning ticket worth $980 million for Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. Mega Millions numbers were 1-8-11-12-57, Mega Ball was 7.

A Mega Millions ticket sold in Newnan has won a jackpot worth an estimated $980 million, the largest lottery prize in Georgia history.

A single ticket holder in Georgia nabbed the state's largest jackpot ever in a Mega Millions drawing Friday night — $980 million. Friday's winning numbers were 1-8-11-12-57 and the Mega Ball was 7. The single ticket was purchased at Publix in Newnan, Georgia, Mega Millions said. Newnan is about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta.

One metro Atlanta resident is waking up a multimillionaire after winning the largest Mega Millions jackpot in Georgia history — but their identity may never be revealed.

One lucky person in Georgia just won the Mega Millions jackpot. On Friday, Nov. 14, a ticket purchased in Newnan, Georgia, around 37.7 miles southwest of Atlanta, matched all six numbers of the jackpot drawing and won the $983 million jackpot, according to a Mega Millions news release.

Officials announced the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, revealing that someone purchased the $980 million winning ticket at a Publix off Highway 29 in Newnan. The nearly $1 billion jackpot shatters the previous record, set last year when someone in Buford won a $478.2 million prize.