3 Lucky Day Lotto tickets sold in Illinois, including Chicago, during Labor Day weekend
The tickets, worth a combined $850,000, matched all five numbers for the midday and evening drawings on Friday and the midday drawing on Sunday.
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The tickets, worth a combined $850,000, matched all five numbers for the midday and evening drawings on Friday and the midday drawing on Sunday.
A Braidwood man is having quite the 40th birthday after he won the jackpot from a lottery ticket given to him as a gift.
The ticket matched all five numbers in Monday's evening drawing.
The win comes after the winning ticket for the $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in Quincy, Illinois, last week.
The single Powerball jackpot-winning ticket worth $1.04 billion was sold at a gas station in Quincy, Illinois.
The online ticket matched all five numbers for the July 27 midday drawing.
The prize, worth $3,287,514, is the second-largest jackpot won for the Ultimate Diamond jackpot since it was introduced in 2020, lottery officials said.
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.
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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.
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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.
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