A Kent County man had to check his ticket over several times before believing he won a $361,787 Cash Blast Fast Cash jackpot from the Michigan Lottery.
The lucky player, who chose to remain anonymous, bought his winning ticket at Triangle Tavern, located at 1200 Walker Avenue Northwest in Grand Rapids.
“I play the Fast Cash games a lot and purchased some while my girlfriend and I were at the bar,” said the 59-year-old player. “My girlfriend was reading over the ticket and told me I’d won. We had to check the ticket over several times to be sure.
“We finally asked the bartender to scan it. When we got the slip saying to file a claim, we knew it was real. We couldn’t believe it!”
The player recently visited Lottery headquarters to claim the big prize. With his winnings, he plans buy a truck, make some home improvements, and then save the remainder for retirement.
Fast Cash games are a series of instant-win games that print from terminals at Lottery retailers. Fast Cash tickets range in price from $2 per play up to $20 per play.
Fast Cash games offer a progressive jackpot that can be won instantly. Every Fast Cash ticket gives players a chance to win all or part of the progressive jackpot.
All of the Fast Cash games feed into one jackpot, which grows with every ticket purchased. The current jackpot amount prints on each ticket, so players always know the amount of the jackpot up for grabs. The jackpot may be won at any time. As soon as the jackpot is hit, a new one starts to grow.
Available Fast Cash games are:
- Wild Time Progressive – Each $2 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $2 up to $500 and 20 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot.
- 20X The Cash – Each $5 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $5 up to $2,500 and 50 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot.
- Diamond Wild Time Progressive – Each $5 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $5 up to $3,000 and 50 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot.
- Cash Blast – Each $5 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $5 up to $2,000 and 50 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot.
- 50X The Cash – Each $10 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $10 up to $5,000 and 100 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot.
- Doubler Wild Time Progressive – Each $10 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $10 up to $6,000 and 100 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot.
- Jackpot Slots – Each $10 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $10 up to $5,000 and 100 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot.
- Lucky 7s – Each $10 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $10 up to $4,000 and 100 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot.
- Super Lucky 7’s – Each $20 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $20 up to $9,000 and 100 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot, plus $250,000.
- Jumbo Jackpot Slots – Each $20 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $20 up to $10,000 and 100 percent of the Fast Cash progressive jackpot plus $250,000.
Fast Cash prizes never sell out and there is no waiting for a drawing as all games are played immediately.
In 2020, players won more than $64 million playing Fast Cash games.
Fast Cash games may be purchased at 10,500 retailers across the state.
