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Tickets will now cost $5 per play.
In the last two years, the station also sold a $25,000 and a $50,000 winning lottery ticket.
The winning ticket was purchased at Tony's Fresh Market at 4608 W. Belmont Ave. in Portage Park.
The business, the Headline Newsstand, located inside the lobby of 2 N. LaSalle Street, sold the ticket for the Thursday, Jan. 30 midday drawing.
The ticket was bought by a lucky winner at the International House of Wine and Cheese in Richmond at 11302 U.S. Highway 12.
The winner, nicknamed "Hard-Working Husband," played the Ultimate Diamond Jackpot game through the lottery app, he said, while they watched one of their favorite shows, getting caught off guard when he realized he had won.
According to lottery officials, the game had three $10 million top prizes, two of which were purchased last year.
The ticket was purchased for the Sunday, Nov. 10 evening drawing at Jewel-Osco, 4660 West Irving Park Road.
The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $670 million after no one claimed the prize during Tuesday night's drawing.
The winner purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket for Sunday's evening drawing at the BP gas station at 1215 Lee Street in Des Plaines.
They also said the game's name influenced the purchase, as his birthday is 7-7-77.
If the winner opts for a cash prize, they will take home $336.1 million.
The winner, whose nickname is "Future Audi Owner,'" won the prize by playing the Ultimate Diamond Jackpot — a Fast Play on the Illinois Lottery app.
The player purchased the ticket matching all six numbers in Monday's drawing at the South Gate Mini Mart, 18747 Dixie Highway, Homewood, Illinois.
The winning ticket was purchased for the Saturday, July 13, Powerball drawing at the family-owned Foodsmart store at 3415 W. Diversey Ave.
The ticket was bought for the Wednesday, July 10 evening drawing at the store located at 45 South Plum Grove Road.
According to lottery officials, nine players in Illinois have won a million dollars or more playing Lotto so far this year.
The ticket in the May 20 Lotto Million 1 drawing matched all six numbers, winning the $1 million jackpot prize.
The prize was said to be the largest ever won by an iLottery player in the nation.
The ticket was purchased by someone in Illinois. However, it's not clear where as it appeared the ticket was bought online.
The ticket was sold on Monday at a BP gas station located at 39105 North Highway 41 in Wadsworth, Illinois, about 45 miles north of Chicago.
Lottery officials said the player purchased a "$10 Million" game at Casey's convenience store at 3499 Fosterburg Road in Alton, Illinois, about 18 miles from St. Louis.
Lottery officials said the player purchased a "$10 Million" game at Casey's convenience store at 3499 Fosterburg Road in Alton, Illinois, about 18 miles from St. Louis.
The winners are the seventh, eighth, and ninth players to win the $1 million tier prize, according to lottery officials.
The winner won $1 million from the ticket that was given to her by a regular customer.
This is the second appearance for Illinois under Head Coach Shauna Green, and the 10th in program history.
Traffic headaches are sure to begin right along with the project.
After winning four of their last five games, the Illini are headed right up the road to Milwaukee as the No. 6 seed in the Midwest.
The robber took the victim's belongings and ran off the train when it arrived at the Cicero Avenue station, police said.
Auburn is the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston and Florida joining the Tigers on the No. 1 line in the March Madness bracket.
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Office of Civil Rights employees said this means students with open cases will have their claims backlogged even further.
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This threat was a response to the EU's 50% tariffs on American whiskey, which are set to go into effect next month.
Under the city ordinance, fur retailers in Chicago could no longer sell real fur coats. They could only sell those made with synthetic materials.
The price of a wide array of products will likely soon be going up as a result of the tariffs — affecting everything from food to electronics.
The other six stores will remain open.
Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe and Grace Jones, and Kygo are among this year's artists performing in Highland Park from June 6 to Aug. 31.
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Matt Richtman of Elburn, Illinois finished the race in two hours, seven minutes, and 56 seconds.
The auto thefts happened after car accidents on Clark Street and on DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Even before the construction begins, crews will start setting up a safety zone, which will take place Monday night starting at 9 p.m. From that point forward, it is going to be anything but a smooth ride along the Kennedy, as Andrew Ramos reports.
Chicago police said a 21-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were inside a third-floor apartment when an unknown person entered, pulled out a firearm, and fired shots in their direction.
Traffic headaches are sure to begin right along with the project.
The victims, all teenage boys or young men, were outside a residence in the 4200 block of West Crystal Street when they were shot.
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This is the second appearance for Illinois under Head Coach Shauna Green, and the 10th in program history.
After winning four of their last five games, the Illini are headed right up the road to Milwaukee as the No. 6 seed in the Midwest.
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Cook County Crime Stoppers are now offering a new $1,000 reward for information leading to an indictment or arrest in the murder of Rosa Chacon.
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This is the second appearance for Illinois under Head Coach Shauna Green, and the 10th in program history.
After winning four of their last five games, the Illini are headed right up the road to Milwaukee as the No. 6 seed in the Midwest.
The Wolves host the Texas Stars on Friday night at the Allstate Arena.
Tre Donaldson and Vladislav Goldin each scored 11 points and No. 22 Michigan closed the Big Ten Tournament championship game on an 11-2 run to beat No. 18 Wisconsin 59-53.
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The robber took the victim's belongings and ran off the train when it arrived at the Cicero Avenue station, police said.
The victims, all teenage boys or young men, were outside a residence in the 4200 block of West Crystal Street when they were shot.
The cars were taken to unknown locations by a fictitious tow company, and the victims tried to contact the tow truck driver and company with no success, police said.
Two groups got into a fight in a liquor store in the 1900 block of West 51st Street, when a 22-year-old woman pulled out a gun and started shooting.
It comes days after more than a dozen businesses in Highland Park and Morton Grove were burglarized in a similar pattern.
