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Illinois Lottery proceeds currently benefit three major areas: 1) the state's Common School Fund (CSF), which helps finance K–12 public schools; 2) The Capital Projects Fund, used for infrastructure improvements and job creation and 3) special causes like Illinois veterans, breast cancer charities and research, assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS, and multiple sclerosis research.
ELMHURST, Ill. — An Illinois Lottery player is a newly-minted millionaire after purchasing a $1 million-winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket at Jewel-Osco in west suburban Elmhurst. The Illinois ...
Is today your lucky day? The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $453 million with a cash option of $208.7 million for Friday night's drawing, according to the Mega Millions website ...
The $50,000 ticket was sold Wednesday at Casey’s General Store at 217 N. Bluff Road, according to a news release from Illinois Lottery. A $50,000 ticket also was sold in Aurora this week.
Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and overseen by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which also manages other large jackpot games such as the Mega Millions.
Lottery games with "lifetime" prizes, known by names such as Cash4Life, Lucky for Life, and Win for Life, comprise two types of United States lottery games in which the top prize is advertised as a lifetime annuity; unlike annuities with a fixed period (such as 25 years), lifetime annuities often pay (sometimes for decades) until the winner's death.
Big Money D scored the life-changing sum by matching the five meaningful numbers of 9-11-12-13-17, Illinois lottery officials said. He did not explain how the numbers related to his late wife.
Lotteries in the United States did not always have sterling reputations. One early lottery in particular, the National Lottery, which was passed by Congress for the beautification of Washington, D.C., and was administered by the municipal government, was the subject of a major U.S. Supreme Court decision – Cohens v. Virginia. [7]