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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 ...
Players have a one in 292,201,338 shot at winning the grand prize, a one in 11,688,053.52 shot at winning the $1 million prize and a one in 24.87 chance of winning any prize. Powerball winning ...
A lottery machine jam turned out to be a blessing after it made one Illinois Lottery player $9.2 million richer.. The winning $2 Lotto ticket was purchased on Aug. 24 in Addison, about 20 miles ...
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.
The fourth-largest Mega Millions jackpot worth $1.34 billion was won following the July 29, 2022, drawing, in which one winning ticket was sold in Illinois. The fifth-largest Mega Millions jackpot worth $1.22 billion was won following the December 27, 2024 drawing. The winning ticket was sold in Cottonwood, California. A total of five others ...
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.).
CHICAGO — A Illinois lottery player has won a whopping $2 million on a Powerball ticket bought online. The ticket was purchased online for the Oct. 7 drawing and matched all five numbers to win ...
Lottery mathematics is used to calculate probabilities of winning or losing a lottery game. It is based primarily on combinatorics, particularly the twelvefold way and combinations without replacement. It can also be used to analyze coincidences that happen in lottery drawings, such as repeated numbers appearing across different draws. [1