Chicagoans Have Lotto Fever As Powerball Reaches $245M
Lotto machines across Illinois are on overdrive as Chicagoans plunk down their money in hopes of being the big Powerball Jackpot winner.
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Lotto machines across Illinois are on overdrive as Chicagoans plunk down their money in hopes of being the big Powerball Jackpot winner.
Sometimes Kenny Perry had an itch that had to be scratched — as in a lottery scratch-off ticket. On Friday, he was presented with a giant million-dollar lottery check.
Nobody hit the jackpot in Friday night's multi-state Mega Millions drawing, and the grand prize will grow to about $22 million.
Nobody hit the jackpot in Saturday night's multi-state Power Ball drawing, but a $200,000 ticket was sold at a Northwest Side gas station.
Nobody hit the jackpot in Friday's multi-state Mega Millions drawing, and the jackpot will grow to about $96 million.
Nobody hit the jackpot in Friday night's multi-state Mega Millions drawing, and the grand prize will grow to near $54 million.
No one matched all the numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, but one person, who bought their ticket in the West Loop, came close.
Someone has now come forward to claim a winning lottery ticket purchased in the south suburbs in June.
Nobody hit the jackpot in Saturday night's $92 million inter-state Poweball drawing, and the pot is expected to grow to about $111 million.
No one matched all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the jackpot increased to an estimated $88 million.
Nobody won the jackpot in Friday's multi-state Mega Millions drawing, and the grand prize will grow near $64 million.
Nobody in Illinois hit the jackpot in Friday's $35 million Mega Millions interstate lottery, but a grand prize ticket was sold in Texas and a $250,000 ticket in Illinois.
The grand prize ticket for Friday's $27 million Mega Millions drawing was not sold in Illinois, but a ticket worth $250,000 was sold in southwest suburban Bridgeview.
Nobody hit the jackpot in Saturday's multi-state PowerBall drawing, but a ticket sold in Riverwoods is worth $200,000.
No one matched all six winning numbers in the Mega Millions drawing Friday night and the jackpot for the multi-state lottery game grew to $58 million.
Nobody won the grand prize in Saturday's $125 million inter-state Power Ball lottery, but one winning ticket sold in Illinois is worth $200,000.
A winning Mega Ball ticket for Friday's $312 million drawing was sold in New York. Twelve tickets in Illinois matched four of five numbers and the Mega Ball and will each receive $10,000.
A Southeast Side man recently came close to losing $9 million that he didn't know he had.
No one matched all the numbers drawn in Friday night's Mega Millions game, but five players matched four of five numbers and the Mega Ball. They will receive $10,000.
Nobody matched the winning numbers in Saturday night's Powerball multi-state lottery drawing and the grand prize has increased to an estimated $67 million.
Nobody matched the winning numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing and the grand prize has increased to an estimated $172 million.
A winning ticket was sold in Friday's $184 million Power Ball drawing -- but it wasn't in Illinois.
No one matched all the winning numbers in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, and the estimated jackpot has reached $155 million.
Nobody matched all six numbers in Saturday night's Power Ball drawing and the grand prize will grow to about $101 million.
Nobody matched all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the estimated grand prize will grow to about $40 million.
