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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.
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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.
The Mega Millions trademark is owned by the Illinois Lottery. [13] The first three lotteries to join Mega Millions were Washington (in September 2002), Texas (in 2003), and California (in 2005), California was the last addition to Mega Millions before the cross-sell expansion of 2010.
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.
Jeffrey Dampier Jr. (March 24, 1966 – July 26, 2005) was the winner of a 1996 Illinois Lottery jackpot of US$20 million (equivalent to $35.9 million in 2023). He was murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend in 2005.
Here’s the Illinois Lottery’s breakdown of where proceeds go, as well as a look at past financial disputes. IL Lottery paid $2.2B to winners last fiscal year. Where does the remaining money go?
Accompanying the lottery is the betting game, an illegal form of lottery among the people, which uses the results of the jackpot of the legal traditional lottery as the prize-winning results. In Hanoi, the "agent" system of the betting game has developed along with traditional lottery stores and iced tea stalls, operating quite openly. [ 46 ]