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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.
When it comes to picking your lottery numbers, you have two ways to play. You can choose the exact numbers you want or you can take advantage of Quick Pick and get a random number selection.
The Lottery opened its doors for the first time with 94 employees to handle operations, 3,800 sales agents to sell tickets and 51 banks to distribute tickets to agents and handle deposits. Approximately 60% of sales are returned to players, 30% is used for state-funded programs, 7% is used for commissions to retailers, and 3% is given to the ...
Most U.S. pick-5 games now have a progressive jackpot, even in games that are drawn daily; in unusual cases, a single ticket has won a cash prize in excess of $1 million cash. A common top prize in non-jackpot pick-5 games is $100,000(In the lists below, games with a jackpot do not have a minimum jackpot listed.).
One lucky Illinois Lottery player won $2 million on a scratch-off ticket sold in Chicago's Northwest suburbs.
State lotteries have become a significant source of revenue for states, raising $17.6 billion in profits for state budgets in the 2009 fiscal year (FY) with 11 states collecting more revenue from their state lottery than from their state corporate income tax during FY2009. [10] Lottery policies within states can have conflicting goals. [11]
The Chicago resident wanted to try something new when he walked into a Mariano’s grocery store last Saturday, opting to play the Lucky Day Lotto over his go-to Pick 4 game. With a nod to his ...
Map of U.S. states and territories which are part of the Multi-State Lottery Association. The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is an American non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 34-member lotteries. MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games, most ...