Roger Lewis Jr. of Thomasville tried his luck on a $5 Fast Play ticket Wednesday and won a $255,096 jackpot.
Lewis bought his lucky 20X The Cash ticket at Cross Roads Grocery on West Fairfield Road in High Point.
The Fast Play rolling jackpot grows with every ticket purchased. When Lewis made his purchase, it had just reached $510,192. Because he bought a $5 ticket, he won 50 percent of the jackpot.
Lewis arrived at lottery headquarters Thursday and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $181,145.
On Thursday afternoon, the Fast Play jackpot was $270,000 and growing. The odds of winning a Fast Play jackpot are 1 in 320,000.
Ticket sales from lottery games make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $2.5 million a day for education. For details on how $9.6 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Davidson County in 2021, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.