Lottery player wins $500K with ticket purchased at South Side Jewel-Osco
The lucky winner matched four numbers with the Powerball and the 'Power play' feature to net the prize.
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The lucky winner matched four numbers with the Powerball and the 'Power play' feature to net the prize.
The ticket for the Jan. 3 drawing was purchased at the Jewel-Osco store, located at 443 E. 35th Street in the Lake Meadows Shopping Center
That ticket is one of six unclaimed prizes worth a combined $2 million, according to lottery officials.
If you’re looking for a lottery win, a Carpentersville liquor store may be the place to boost your odds.
This was the second multimillion-dollar scratch-off ticket sold at the very same liquor store. In March 2020, another customer won $6 million.
If won, it will be the largest Lotto jackpot win of the year. For now, it's the second-largest prize in nearly five years, according to lottery officials.
Adults who donate back-to-school supplies will receive a special thank you envelope with one $3 Illinois Lottery instant ticket inside for each school supply they donate.
Adults who donate back-to-school supplies will receive a special thank you envelope with one $3 Illinois Lottery instant ticket inside for each school supply they donate.
Players will have five seconds to grab as many tickets as they can.
The Mega Millions turned Mega Billions is now the fourth-largest jackpot in the game's history. The prize now sits at $1.25 billion for Friday's drawing. It is the sixth-largest prize in U.S. history.
Players will be placed in a ticket grab machine for five seconds to grab as many tickets as possible.
A couple of $1 million prizes were won since then, but the big prize continues to grow with each passing drawing.
If someone happens to win that prize, they will surpass the last record-setting jackpot of $16.5 million.
The ticket matched all six winning numbers: 25-27-28-36-38-44.
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If won, it would be the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot and the 13th-largest lottery jackpot won in U.S. history, according to the Illinois Lottery.
If no one wins, the pot gets closer to becoming one of the top ten prizes in the game's history.
The player purchased the ticket online and matched all five numbers worth $1,050,000.
If you take the cash option, that's just over $483 million.
The Lucky Mart on 87th Street is one of the winningest lottery ticket-selling stores in Illinois.
Jackpot hopefuls were lined up for hours to play a special game for an extra shot at $1 billion. CBS 2's Lauren Victory visited a lottery dealer on the Southwest Side called the Lucky Mart on 87th Street, and found out it lives up to its name.
Jackpot hopefuls were lined up for hours to play a special game for an extra shot at $1 billion. CBS 2's Lauren Victory visited a lottery dealer on the Southwest Side called the Lucky Mart on 87th Street, and found out it lives up to its name.
Officials said other states with similar lotteries have reported scam attempts.
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