A $311,795 winning lottery ticket was sold on Thursday evening, September 11, at the Giant on Bureau Drive in Gaithersburg. Full story below courtesy MD Lottery:
“Someone’s weekend got off to a great start after buying one of the new FAST PLAY 20X Cash tickets Thursday evening, Sept. 11, in Gaithersburg and winning a $311,795 progressive jackpot. The $20 FAST PLAY ticket was released Monday, Sept. 8, and the winning ticket sold in Gaithersburg was the first progressive jackpot-winner purchased. It was sold at the Giant grocery store at 46 Bureau Drive in Gaithersburg. For selling the winner, the Montgomery County store also got the weekend off to a good start, receiving a $1,000 bonus.
The FAST PLAY 20X Cash progressive jackpot game now has 19 progressive jackpots remaining, having started with 20. The progressivejackpot resets at $300,000 after each winner, and as of mid-morning today (Sept. 12) it had grown to nearly $301,000. The top prize on FAST PLAY progressive jackpot games increases incrementally each time a ticket is sold. Tens of thousands of non-changing lower tier prizes ranging from $40 to $10,000 remain on the game…