Illinois Lottery hosting another Mega Millions Ticket Grab Challenge in Hinsdale
Players will have five seconds to grab as many tickets as they can.
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Players will have five seconds to grab as many tickets as they can.
The Mega Millions turned Mega Billions is now the fourth-largest jackpot in the game's history. The prize now sits at $1.25 billion for Friday's drawing. It is the sixth-largest prize in U.S. history.
Players will be placed in a ticket grab machine for five seconds to grab as many tickets as possible.
A couple of $1 million prizes were won since then, but the big prize continues to grow with each passing drawing.
If someone happens to win that prize, they will surpass the last record-setting jackpot of $16.5 million.
The ticket matched all six winning numbers: 25-27-28-36-38-44.
He turned himself in to the Sangamon County Jail on Wednesday after the court issued a warrant for his arrest.
This will make it the second time someone from Illinois has won $1 million or more in Lucky Day Lotto this year.
If won, it would be the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot and the 13th-largest lottery jackpot won in U.S. history, according to the Illinois Lottery.
If no one wins, the pot gets closer to becoming one of the top ten prizes in the game's history.
The player purchased the ticket online and matched all five numbers worth $1,050,000.
If you take the cash option, that's just over $483 million.
The Lucky Mart on 87th Street is one of the winningest lottery ticket-selling stores in Illinois.
Jackpot hopefuls were lined up for hours to play a special game for an extra shot at $1 billion. CBS 2's Lauren Victory visited a lottery dealer on the Southwest Side called the Lucky Mart on 87th Street, and found out it lives up to its name.
Jackpot hopefuls were lined up for hours to play a special game for an extra shot at $1 billion. CBS 2's Lauren Victory visited a lottery dealer on the Southwest Side called the Lucky Mart on 87th Street, and found out it lives up to its name.
Officials said other states with similar lotteries have reported scam attempts.
Anyone who has had at least one dose of the vaccine in Illinois will be automatically entered in weekly vaccine lottery drawings, which will start July 8.
What would you do if you won the Lotto? Well first, you'd probably collect your money – but in Illinois, many players can't even do that right now.
The Illinois Lottery has again temporarily closed its claim centers, after reopening four of the five statewide last week amid a backlog of unclaimed prizes.
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You win the Lottery, but then you don't get the money. What happens next? In this case, CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker gets involved.
Tonight's Powerball drawing is worth $448 million.
A lottery ticket worth just a couple of dollars may have ended up worth hundreds. It's a glitch that is good for players but is costing stores money at every location in Illinois where lottery tickets are sold.
Imagine waking up one morning and suddenly having enough money to quit your job and never have to worry about finances again.
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The new quantum facility is said to create 1,000 permanent jobs, with an apprentice program supplying a pipeline of community-college grads in Chicago.
The FAA says all three incidents happened on different runways, everyone was evacuated, and no one was hurt.
Hamed Alsaidi, 31, was charged with eight counts of possessing an unregistered destructive device.
The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg, police said.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign confirmed on Tuesday that it recieved a letter from the Department of Defense, which has announced "research security audits" at 30 universities nationwide.
The Justice Department is planning to deploy a record 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections.
Former Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin announced Tuesday that he is filing a complaint against Treasurer Maria Pappas over some profanity-related texts.
Former Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin is demanding an apology from Treasurer Maria Pappas for some profanity-laden text messages he says are offensive.
Zach Lahn won the Iowa Republican gubernatorial primary over Trump's endorsed candidate, but three months before Election Day, many in his own party say they still don't know who he is.
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Illinois is one of 46 states that have reached a $15.5 million settlement with a Pennsylvania-based mortgage servicer for improperly imposing new insurance policies on homeowners who already had insurance.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Researchers from the University of Chicago have uncovered some information on how space travel affects — or actually doesn't affect — the heart.
As people age, it becomes crucial to do whatever possible to protect from issues like memory loss. But leading neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter said the process actually starts well before advanced age.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is not adopting new federal child vaccine guidelines and will continue following recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
In a wide-ranging interview with the CBS News partner BBC News, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father's condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
With the cyclosporiasis linked to iceberg lettuce growing and consumers wary of the products on grocery shelves, many in Chicago are turning to local farmers market for fresh and safe greens.
The Original Rainbow Cone celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sunday with a special event at its Beverly location.
The Shops at North Bridge on the Magnificent Mile announced plans Thursday for a multimillion-dollar renovation project.
While the building that housed the flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue has been torn down, the renowned Chicago restaurant chain is now set to open a new Lakeview location.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
Chicago's Wishbone Restaurant will soon be closing after 36 years in business.
Madonna leads all artists with 11 nominations at this year's MTV VMAs, and a full sweep would tie her with Beyoncé and Taylor Swift for the most VMA wins in history.
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in "Remember the Titans" as a child actor and rose to fame in the series "Heroes," has died at the age of 36. The coroner's office says she was found in cardiac arrest.
Buddy Guy was honored with the Chicago Music Legend Award at the Obama Presidential Center's Chicago Culture Ball this weekend.
Bal Khabra is the author of the four-part series "Off the Ice," a college hockey romance collection that is wrapping up at just the right time.
Crews need about a week and a half to tear down the festival site before the city can begin its own inspection — and past cleanup costs have topped $1 million.
The Jesse White Foundation hosted two official viewing parties, with one in Springfield and the other in Chicago.
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Getting it built was a priority for Gov. JB Pritzker, who pushed for big state funding for the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park campus in South Chicago, where the 128-acre U.S. Steel South Works Plant once sat.
It started with this United flight taking off to Phoenix last Thursday. Then, on Monday, another United flight popped a tire after landing, but just about three hours before, an American flight blew two tires after it touched down.
Investigators say that, besides the explosive devices, they also found a handwritten map of an area in Orland Park, including the Metra station and the words "you see the mosque" that referred to the Orland Park Prayer Center.
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Some people living in northwest Indiana might be waiting another week to have their power restored from last week's storm.
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Hamed Alsaidi, 31, was charged with eight counts of possessing an unregistered destructive device.
The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg, police said.
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The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation last inspected South Chicago Chapel funeral home in October, 10 months before 56 decomposing bodies were found there.
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Crow-Armstrong is the first player in MLB history with two leadoff home runs and a walk-off in a two-game span, and the 13th since 1900 to follow a walk-off homer with a leadoff shot.
NASCAR is calling off plans to bring its street race back to downtown Chicago in 2027, but is holding out hope for the event to return in the future.
A fight broke out in the stands at Wrigley Field during a Crosstown Classic game on Monday evening.
The Cubs snapped a two-game skid and ended the White Sox's three-game winning streak.
Kamilla Cardoso had 22 points and 12 rebounds, while Natasha Cloud scored 20 points.
A man has been arrested and charged after authorities said he decided to make himself at home at the Macy's flagship store on State Street in downtown Chicago.
Chicago police on Tuesday asked for help from the public in solving a pair of burglaries that happened in the early-morning hours on the city's West and Northwest sides.
A man convicted of gun charges in the case involving the shooting death of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera has now been indicted separately on drug charges.
A man was left in critical condition early Tuesday after being shot on Chicago's Near West Side.
A 14-year-old girl suffered a graze wound from gunfire Monday morning in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood.
