A routine stop at a Cary grocery store turned life-changing for one local man, who is now the state’s newest Fast Play millionaire. His $20 Jackpot 7’s ticket hit the progressive top prize in February, leaving him with a little more than $1.1 million after taxes. The winning ticket came from the Publix on Kildaire Farm Road, and local reporting later identified the winner as Montfort Faulkner.
According to WRAL, Faulkner bought his $20 Jackpot 7’s ticket at the Millpond Village Publix on Kildaire Farm Road and locked in the $200,000 bonus that comes with that price point. WRAL reports that after state and federal withholdings, he walked away with “a little over $1.1 million.” Not a bad day at the supermarket checkout.
How the Fast Play prize added up
A news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery shows the progressive jackpot had climbed to $1,378,846 when the winning ticket was played. Because the player bought a $20 Jackpot 7’s ticket, he landed 100% of that jackpot plus a $200,000 cash bonus, for a total haul of $1,578,846, the largest Fast Play jackpot in state history, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery…