lottery

If you're anything like me, and I know I am--you'd love to win the lottery. However, the problem with my desire to be a lottery winner is the fact that I never buy a ticket. Okay, maybe never is not quite right. I bought a Powerball ticket once, when the jackpot went over a billion dollars. Since you're reading this now, you've probably surmised that I didn't win. I guess I only play when we get i

I remember when my dad turned 60 years old. I asked him how it felt to be that age, and he pointed out that it didn't really matter to him what the number was, he was just happy to keep having birthdays (he got 24 more). He also said that after turning 40, the time between birthdays seemed to shorten from a year to about 6 months.

The photo is just a "stock image," but it could very well be a shot of Illinois comptroller Leslie Munger's desk. We've gone a year without a state budget, and July 1st marks the beginning of a new fiscal year. Without a new budget, Illinois will stop paying lottery winners, along with a host of others.

I know, that sounds a little strange, perhaps full of sour grapes, but after learning about what's happened to some previous winners of big lottery jackpots, I'm working on convincing myself that I should be relieved that I didn't match a single number during Wednesday's drawing...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois lottery winners who weren't paid because of the state's budget impasse have filed a lawsuit contending they are owed interest accrued during the months winning tickets weren't honored. Thomas Zimmerman, attorney for the plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court, told the Chicago Tribune he estimates interest accrued on withheld lotte

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Gov. Bruce Rauner is set to veto another piecemeal appropriations bill if the House passes it this week, which would surprise no one in the General Assembly. State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) expected Rauner wouldn’t support a $3...

It's often said your odds of being struck by lightning are better than winning the lottery. But now we know the odds of having BOTH happen in a lifetime. Peter McCathie of Canada survived being hit by lightning when he was a teenager and now he's won a $1 million prize in the lottery...

If you haven't been paying attention, the Powerball Lottery jackpot is now hovering around $500 million for tonight's drawing. Could you use half a billion dollars? Now, keep in mind that if you should be the sole winner, you won't get all $500 million...

I'm always amazed by the number of stories we see coming across the desk involving unclaimed winning lottery tickets. I don't play the Lotto or Powerball or Mega Millions but if I did you can be sure I'd be checking every single day to see if I had won...

A Sycamore man is $1 Million richer after matching the winning numbers on an Illinois Lottery ticket earlier this month.