Lottery player in Illinois wins over $700,000 in Fast Play game
CHICAGO (CBS) – An Illinois lottery player won over $700,000 after purchasing an online Fast Play game on Wednesday.
The winner played the "Fast Play Twenty 20s" and won the jackpot of $711,984.
Twenty 20s is a progressive jackpot game that starts at $50,000 and grows with each ticket sold until there's a winner.
Over 37,000 winning tickets have been sold for the Twenty-20s game this month, providing players more than $2.2 million in prizes, lottery officials said.
Last month, a player in Oak Lawn won over $900,000 playing the game just before the clock struck midnight. Another player in Illinois won over $580,000 in January.
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