"When I checked the app and saw it was $350,000, everything changed," April, one of the two winners, told Illinois Lottery officials

A pair of coworkers thought they’d won $350 on an Illinois Lottery ticket, but a check of the app revealed a way larger payday. The coworkers, named Randy and April from a community called Ashton in Lee County,

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Feeling lucky this Thanksgiving season? You may be sitting on a $1 million Powerball ticket sold in Illinois as part of Monday's drawing. According to the Illinois Lottery website, one Powerball ticket from the Monday, Nov. 24 game matched five numbers to ...

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Two metro-east counties landed among the top 10 for state lottery ticket spending in fiscal year 2025, according to the Illinois Lottery. St. Clair County landed in seventh place for lottery ticket sales, while Madison County followed closely in eighth.

“I felt optimistic when I played those numbers,” the woman told lottery officials

A pair of coworkers who have been playing the Illinois Lottery together for years finally have something to celebrate after hitting a $350,000 jackpot this week. According to