One online Illinois Lottery player got lucky this week, taking home a jackpot of nearly $1 million on a Fast Play Twenty20s ticket.
Winning the prize on Wednesday, one lucky player captured a jackpot of $924,308, marking the fifth-largest jackpot of the year for a Fast Play Twenty20s player.
According to the Illinois Lottery, Fast Play Twenty20s is an Illinois-exclusive game that starts with a jackpot of $50,000, growing with every ticket sold both in-person and online until a player wins the jackpot.
Lottery officials said that so far in October, over 92,000 winning tickets for the game have been sold, totaling approximately $5.6 million.
More information on the game and others available can be found here.
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