$1M Winning Mega Millions Ticket Bought In Loop Still Unclaimed
The Quick Pick ticket was bought at INS Market, 225 N. Michigan, and matched all five numbers – 03, 07, 22, 27 and 50.
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The Quick Pick ticket was bought at INS Market, 225 N. Michigan, and matched all five numbers – 03, 07, 22, 27 and 50.
Ramone Houston's Lucky Day Lotto ticket matched all five numbers in the Oct. 14 midday drawing, according to the Illinois Lottery.
Last Friday, the Illinois Lottery had to stop selling a certain number combination for its Pick Three game. WBBM's Steve Miller explains.
Convenience store owner Glen Gorman said his business will be hurt by losing those games, especially with extremely large jackpots.
If the state can't get its budget together, lottery operators will cease selling Powerball and Mega Millions tickets.
Illinois Lottery players who buy tickets for Powerball and Mega Millions could soon have to cross state lines for a chance at those huge jackpots.
And it could cost millions more just to get rid of them, CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
It's the worst case scenario for any avid lottery player -- you play and win, then have to fight for your money.
The Illinois Lottery has announced the latest version of a scratch-off game to benefit researchers seeking a cure for Multiple Sclerosis.
Larry Seeman, 47, said he plans to put the prize money he won from the Ultimate Crossword lottery ticket in the bank.
He is a custodian and now a millionaire. Dave Martinez bought a winning scratch off lottery ticket at a North Suburban gas station last month.
A Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $600,000 has not been claimed since it was sold at at northwest suburban Hoffman Estates gas station.
A Lockport man won $1 million after scratching off an Illinois Lottery '$300,000,000 Cash Spectacular' ticket while watching the Cubs game at home.
A west suburban Glen Ellyn woman has been playing the same Lotto numbers for several years and they finally paid off to the tune of $16.75 million.
A retired Chicago bus driver was riding the bus when he scratched his winning $2 million lottery ticket.
A northwest suburban Streamwood man won a $600,000 lottery prize earlier this month.
Winners have up to one year from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes.
A Chicago man won $100,000 with a lottery ticket he bought online last month.
The Illinois Lottery had a Day of Luck promotion on Monday, giving away thousands of dollars worth of free gasoline, groceries, meals and sweets throughout the state.
The tickets were sold at a Citgo gas station in Glenview and Newstand in the Woodfield Mall.
With more than two days left until the next drawing, the Powerball jackpot has climbed to a staggering $1.4 billion, easily the largest lottery pot ever in the world.
Already the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, the pot could grow even larger by the time of the next drawing on Saturday night.
With the jackpot for the next Powerball drawing ballooning to $500 million Wednesday morning, plenty of people are dreaming big about what they'd do with all that money.
In a symbolic gesture to urge the governor and state lawmakers to come up with a budget, a group of community activists on Monday purchased Illinois Lottery tickets, and pledged to donate any winnings to the state.
CBS 2's Audrina Bigos reports on the continued fight for cash.
