A North Carolina man, one Montfort Faulkner of Cary, has become the biggest winner in the Fast Play lottery game, scooping the eye-watering $1.578,846 jackpot.
Faulkner paid $20 to play the Jackpot 777 Fast Play game on February 3, 2026, at the Publix on Kildaire Farm Road in Cary, with the lottery only revealing details bout the fortunate outcome today.
Faulkner’s $20 ticket fetched him a $1,378,846 jackpot along with a $200,000 cash, resulting in a near $1.6-million win in the end.
This is not the only recent story about a lottery winner to come out of the state, as a mother scooped a $707,600 jackpot for Magic Winnings, beating some pretty slim 1 in 64.5 million odds, and opting for the full cash option for a total of $509,543.