illinois lottery

As I look at an email I just got from the Illinois Lottery, I see that tonight's Powerball drawing has about $730 million reasons for you to consider playing. As the Illinois Lottery's Jessica Perez explains, "This is the fourth largest Powerball prize in game history and the sixth highest jackpot in U.S. lottery history."

And if that weren't enough (and it wasn't), he also won a $10,000 Instant Ticket prize. Oh, and did I mention that this was all in the same week?

The world's best stocking stuffer is apparently an illegal Christmas gift.

Nobody matched all the numbers in Friday's Mega Millions game. That means Tuesday's (10/17) jackpot will be the 2nd largest in the history of the game.

A little help never hurts when you're trying to win some big money.

Dennis Bragelman of Rockford is one lucky dude!

All it takes is one to win, and you can't win if you don't play. A woman in Belvidere hit the jackpot on a scratch-off ticket, and it's huuuuuge.

Talk about bad luck! A woman from downstate Decatur will not get $50,000.00 that she won from the Illinois lottery, even though she purchased the actual winning ticket. The reason she will not get the money is because of the person she lived with.

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Lottery ticket sales have plummeted since lottery officials announced delaying payouts over $600 because of the state budget impasse. Data obtained by The Associated Press through a public information request show that gross sales in October were the lowest yet in 2015...

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