Mega Millions ticket worth $3 million sold in Springfield, Illinois
The Mega Millions jackpot has now climbed to $458 million for Friday's drawing.
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The Mega Millions jackpot has now climbed to $458 million for Friday's drawing.
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.
A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
The jackpot for Wednesday's drawing soars to $1.7 billion.
The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated $1.6 billion after no tickets matched all six winning numbers at Saturday night's drawing. It's the fifth-largest prize among U.S. lottery jackpots.
Across the country, five ticket holders won $1 million, and two won $2 million in the last drawing.
The lottery says more 480,000 tickets did win some kind of prize just not the big one.
The ticket matched all five white ball numbers along with the ticket's 3X multiplier to win the prize, lottery officials said.
The $1 million ticket for Monday's drawing was sold at the retail store, which will receive 1% of the prize for selling the ticket.
The player, who wanted to go by "Rex," said he used the same numbers from an old, tucked-away Powerball ticket, winning him $1 million in the Sept. 3 drawing.
The lucky winner purchased the winning ticket worth $750,000 at the Oak Park North Gas Mart at 6119 W. North Ave.
The Father bought the winning Powerball ticket after stopping for a car wash at the Exxon Mobil gas station in Bensenville last month.
Saturday's jackpot had an total cash value of $820.6 million, Powerball said.
Two winning tickets were sold in Missouri and Texas.
Lottery spending is growing. Residents in these states spend the most on lottery tickets, data shows.
The Powerball jackpot was the second-largest in U.S. lottery history. Here's a look at some numbers behind the game.
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $1.7 billion but a winning seven-figure ticket was sold in Aurora, Illinois, for last night's drawing.
If you're feeling extra lucky, you can head to Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood for the chance to grab as many Powerball tickets as you can for the $1.3 billion jackpot.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot has an estimated cash value of $453.1 million.
The next Powerball jackpot is worth $950 million, making it the sixth-largest jackpot in Powerball history, and the biggest in more than a year.
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.
The station's owner said he hopes a local customer bought the lucky ticket.
Lottery officials said that two lottery players from Illinois are now millionaires after winning Wednesday's Powerball jackpot.
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A driver was found dead with a gunshot wound after a crash in Palatine, Illinois, on Monday night.
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Some residents immediately feared the sound was an explosion, according to CBS affiliate WOIO.
A driver was found dead with a gunshot wound after a crash in Palatine, Illinois, on Monday night.
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