Donna Henderson of Clyde tried her luck on a Fast Play ticket and won a $167,867 jackpot.
Henderson bought her lucky $2 CA$HMATCH ticket July 8 from Smokey Mountain Truck & Auto Center on Champion Drive in Canton.
At the time of her purchase, the jackpot stood at $839,335. Since she bought a $2 ticket, Henderson received 20% of the progressive jackpot. The odds of winning a Fast Play jackpot are 1 in 320,000.
Henderson arrived Tuesday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $119,606.
Fast Play features an instantly growing jackpot that increases with every ticket sold until it is won. As of Wednesday morning, the Fast Play jackpot stands at $211,000 and counting.
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 $3.1 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Haywood County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.