I was picking up groceries at Jewel and on my way out the door, I decided to buy a lottery ticket," the lucky winner told the Illinois Lottery. "I actually wanted to buy a ticket for a ...

An unnamed Illinois Lottery player won a $9.2 million jackpot recently after the lottery machine at an Addison grocery store wouldn’t let him purchase the lottery ticket he wanted.

CHICAGO, Ill. (WMBD) — As Illinois Lottery celebrated its 50th year of operation, it also celebrated its third straight record-setting year. They reported $3.86 billion in sales and proceeds of ...

One lucky suburban Chicago lottery player is waking up $650,000 richer. According to the Illinois Lottery, a jackpot-winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $650,000 was sold over the weekend at the ...

ELMHURST, Ill. — A last-second grocery list pickup turned into a million-dollar item for an Illinois Lottery player in the western suburbs last month. And she almost forgot all about it.

According to the Illinois Lottery, the winner played the Powerball via an online ticket and matched all five numbers in the game, coming up just shy of winning the jackpot. The player also added t ...

Before joining PEOPLE she was a writer and digital editor at notable media outlets, including ABC News, The Shade Room, Madame Noire, Hello Beautiful and Brit + Co. Illinois Lottery An Illinois ...

CHICAGO — Two lucky Illinois Lottery players are having a very merry Christmas after they each won $1 million on a new $50 scratch-off game. According to the Illinois Lottery, the life-changing ...

The woman went to buy groceries at a store in Elmhurst, according to a Nov. 5 news release from the Illinois Lottery. While at the store, she decided to pick up a lottery ticket. “While on my ...

CHICAGO — A Illinois lottery player has won a whopping $2 million on a Powerball ticket bought online. The ticket was ...

The winner of an Illinois Lottery ticket has less than two weeks to claim a $250,000 prize won last year. The lucky ticket was purchased for the Oct. 29, 2023, drawing at Fairplay Finer Foods ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (WMBD) — As Illinois Lottery celebrated its 50th year of operation, it also celebrated its third straight record-setting year. They reported $3.86 billion in sales and proceeds of $883.6 ...