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The winning ticket was purchased online through the Illinois Lottery, according to the lottery website. It is the 15th time the Mega Millions has been won in Illinois. It was the ninth largest ...
A Mega Millions jackpot prize of $552 million has been won by a ticket buyer in Illinois who did it the new-fashioned way, making the purchase online. ... Illinois Lottery has been selling tickets ...
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.
Mega Millions (originally known as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multijurisdictional lottery game. The first drawing took place on September 6, 1996, with six participating states, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Virginia.
On October 13, 2009, MUSL signed an agreement with the consortium of states that operated the similar Mega Millions lottery, which allowed MUSL members to sell Mega Millions tickets and consortium members to sell Powerball tickets. On January 31, 2010, all but 2 of the 12 Mega Millions consortium lotteries began selling Powerball tickets.
The Mega Millions jackpot prize has increased to a whopping $1.28 billion as of Friday afternoon, and Illinois Lottery officials expect to sell around 5 million tickets for the drawing.
Winning Mega Millions numbers and lottery results for the $421 million jackpot Tuesday, May 21, 2024. ... Mega Millions — July 29, 2022; Illinois. $1.33 billion, Powerball — April 6, ...
Winning Mega Millions numbers and lottery results for the $560 million jackpot Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Who won Mega Millions last night? Illinois winner.