Timothy Matthews of Fayetteville stopped to try his luck on a Fast Play ticket and walked away the winner of the $266,453 jackpot.

Matthews purchased his winning $10 Jackpot 7’s ticket from Bordeaux Liberty on Owen Drive in Fayetteville.

The odds of winning a Fast Play jackpot are 1 in 240,000. A $10 ticket receives the full jackpot amount.

Matthews claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $188,518 after required federal and state tax withholdings.

Fast Play’s rolling, progressive jackpot increases with every ticket sold until it is won.

Printed on each Fast Play ticket is the amount of the jackpot when the ticket is sold and how much of that jackpot the ticket could win. Players can also win instant cash prizes on their Fast Play tickets.

Ticket sales from games like Fast Play make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $725 million per year for education. For details on how $21.9 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Cumberland County in 2020, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.