SNELLVILLE - A 20-year-old Snellville man who had just moved out of his parents' house into his own apartment won an $11 million Lotto South jackpot drawn Saturday night. <br>
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Jeremy Beehler chose the cash option and will receive about $5.7 million before taxes. <br>
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Beehler works with his father at a commercial construction company. As was his habit, he stopped after work Friday and bought a single Quik Pick ticket, said his father, David Beehler. <br>
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On Sunday, when he realized he had won, he rushed back to his family's home and found his father working in the yard. <br>
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``He told me I don't need to clean the yard any more,'' David Beehler said. ``I don't think it's sunk in yet.'' <br>
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His son has already retained a lawyer and an accountant to help him handle his new wealth, David Beehler said, adding that his son's short-term objectives are modest. <br>
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``A new truck and a house are all he's worried about,'' he said. <br>
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Beehler's winning ticket was purchased at an Amoco gas station in Lawrenceville. That station will get a $25,000 retailer bonus for selling the winning ticket. <br>
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Another Gwinnett County resident, Erika Green of Dacula, also became a millionaire at a young age. The 20-year-old warehouse worker won a $59 million jackpot in April.
