Online lottery player claims $536 million Mega Millions prize
The winning ticket was purchased online and matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball in the Tuesday, March 10 drawing.
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The winning ticket was purchased online and matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball in the Tuesday, March 10 drawing.
An Illinois Lottery player this week won the Mega Millions jackpot, worth $536 million.
The winning ticket was purchased for the drawing held on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.
Lottery players in Washington, Illinois, are being asked to check their tickets after a single Lucky Day Lotto ticket was sold for Tuesday night's drawing.
The player said she bought the wrong ticket while watching a movie.
The jackpot for Wednesday's drawing soars to $1.7 billion.
Illinois Lottery officials said the winning ticket was sold for the Nov. 30, 2024, drawing at the Citgo gas station at 44 E. Sibley Blvd.
The ticket matched all five white ball numbers along with the ticket's 3X multiplier to win the prize, lottery officials said.
So far this year, 11 Illinois players have won $1 million or more playing Powerball, lottery officials said.
The lucky winner purchased the winning ticket worth $750,000 at the Oak Park North Gas Mart at 6119 W. North Ave.
No one has matched all six numbers in the Powerball since May 31, allowing the jackpot to swell to $1.34 billion. Noel Brennan reports.
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $1.3 billion and the Illinois Lottery is hosting a ticket grab giveaway in Hyde Park before tonight's drawing.
The next Powerball jackpot is worth $950 million, making it the sixth-largest jackpot in Powerball history, and the biggest in more than a year.
The winner matched all five numbers in the Lucky Day Lotto drawing on Sunday, July 27.
The Illinois players won over $1 million playing the Cash Castle FastPlay Game and Lucky Day Lotto.
Lottery officials said that two lottery players from Illinois are now millionaires after winning Wednesday's Powerball jackpot.
The player matched all five numbers in Sunday's midday drawing to win the jackpot.
Lottery officials said the win is the second-largest Cash Castle jackpot prize, following a $1.4 million jackpot win in April.
Lottery officials said the winning ticket was sold on Tuesday.
According to lottery officials, 25 scratch-off tickets worth $1 million or more have already been won by players so far this year.
The winner played the $30 Cash Castle FastPlay game, released in February, and won a $1,348,786 jackpot.
The family-owned store that has been around for over 25 years is no stranger to selling tickets worth big bucks.
The player, nicknamed "Classic Car Collector," purchased a $20 Mega Bucks ticket at Lenny's Gas N Wash at 1201 W. Jefferson Street.
The winner, nicknamed "Traveling Treasure," bought an Ultimate Diamond Jackpot FastPlay game at Komal Wine and Liquors at 4628 N. Cumberland Ave.
A father-daughter duo won a $3 million Illinois lottery scratch off prize from a ticket bought in the west suburbs.
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A man was charged in a stabbing that left another man seriously injured after a fight outside a Walgreens in The Loop on Thursday night.
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An 18-year-old man was found dead in the alley from gunshot wounds following a large fight on Friday night, police said.
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