IL Lottery reports $3.87B in ticket sales, made over $800M for education
The Illinois Lottery announced it's sold $3.87 billion worth of lottery tickets in 2026, and generated more than $800 million in funding for public schools.
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The Illinois Lottery announced it's sold $3.87 billion worth of lottery tickets in 2026, and generated more than $800 million in funding for public schools.
Record lottery sales translate to $804 million in proceeds for the state of Illinois, with $792 million for the common school fund for public schools and $12 million for other local causes.
An Illinois iLottery player has won a $1,809,642 prize in the Ultimate Diamond Jackpot game, lottery officials said.
Illinois Lottery officials are looking for the winner of a $250,000 Lucky Day Lotto winner before their prize expires in a month.
Illinois Lottery officials said a $1 million jackpot winning ticket was sold at a beverage store in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood.
The prizes were for Monday's Powerball and Lucky Day Lotto drawings, lottery officials said.
The online Illinois Lottery player purchased the winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $550,000 over the weekend.
The ticket also won an additional $4 for matching two of six numbers on two other lines of play.
The Illinois winner of the $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot last month has come forward to claim their prize.
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.
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.
