Steven Bradshaw of Burlington took a chance on a $2 Fast Play ticket and won a $101,665 jackpot.
Bradshaw bought his lucky 10X The Cash ticket Sunday night at Sam’s Mini Mart 2 on East Parker Street in Graham. He arrived Monday to collect his prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $72,437.
The Fast Play rolling jackpot grows with every ticket purchased. When Bradshaw made his purchase, it had just reached $508,325. Because he bought a $2 ticket, he won 20 percent of the jackpot.
On Tuesday morning, the Fast Play jackpot was $437,000 and growing. The odds of winning a Fast Play jackpot are 1 in 320,000.
Ticket sales from games like Fast Play make it possible for the lottery to raise $2.5 million a day on average for education. For details on how $9.8 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Alamance County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.