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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.
Starting with National Lottery Day Monday, the Illinois Lottery will be offering ticket giveaways and dicussing community impact during Lottery Week.
The Mega Millions trademark is owned by the Illinois Lottery. [14] 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.
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]
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A lucky Illinois resident was the winner of a $1 million payout thanks to the Powerball. The person bought the lottery ticket online from their Illinois Lottery app for the ...
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 ...
100,000 Fortune Hunt is an American lottery-based game show originating in the state of Illinois.It debuted on September 16, 1989, and aired on Saturday evenings from 1989 to 1994 on WGN-TV in Chicago [1] (except for 1 year in 1993 when it aired on WBBM-TV); it was also broadcast on WGN's national satellite feed.
The Illinois Lottery said the player bought the winning ticket at a Marathon gas station, located at 115 W. Dundee Road in Arlington Heights, Illinois, which is nearly 70 miles southeast of Rockford.