Fast Play ticket nets Charlotte woman $149,136 jackpot
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – A Charlotte woman tried her luck on a $5 Fast Play ticket and won a big jackpot.
According to the North Carolina Education Lottery, Tikita Craig bought her Fast Play Blackjack ticket on Jan. 8 from Walmart on Callabridge Court in Charlotte. That ticket won her $149,136.
Craig claimed her prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh, state lottery officials said. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home approximately $105,903.
Fast Play’s rolling, progressive jackpot increases with every ticket sold until it is won.
The odds of winning a Fast Play jackpot are 1 in 240,000, lottery officials said.