Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Wilmington woman scores more than $180K with Fast Play ticket

A Fast Play Bingo Bucks ticket purchased at Masonboro Country Store on Masonboro Loop Road paid out for one local woman. (Courtesy photo)

WILMINGTON — A Fast Play Bingo Bucks ticket purchased at Masonboro Country Store on Masonboro Loop Road paid out for one local woman.

Lori Sunseri won $181,882 from the $909,410 jackpot. Fast Play features an instantly growing jackpot that increases with every ticket sold until it is won. Since Sunseri purchased a $2 ticket, she received 20% of the progressive pot of money. As of Tuesday afternoon, the jackpot stands at more than $758,000 and counting.

Sunseri collected her winnings on Monday in Raleigh and took home $130,974 after taxes and withholdings.

Money from lottery games help fund education programs statewide.New Hanover County received $11.3 million in support from lottery funds last year.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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