Linda Canady of Lexington tried her luck on a $5 Fast Play ticket Friday afternoon and won a $122,136 jackpot.
Canady bought her lucky DOUBLE W!N ticket from Kelly’s High Rock Grocery on N.C. 8 in Lexington.
At the time of her purchase, the jackpot stood at $244,272. Since she bought a $5 ticket, Canady received 50% of the progressive jackpot, or $122,136. She arrived Tuesday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $87,023.
Fast Play features an instantly growing jackpot that increases with every ticket sold until it is won. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Fast Play jackpot stands at $169,000 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 $9.7 million raised by the lottery made a difference in Davidson County last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.