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With Northstar terminated, what will the Illinois Lottery do now?News Story
So what's next for the Illinois Lottery? That's the big question looming in the wake of Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's politically-expedient move late last week to fire Northstar Lottery Group. Quinn made history late in 2010 when he inked a 10-year contract with Northstar to become the first-ever private manager of any state lottery in the nation. Two other states now have private lottery managers Indiana and New Jersey. Quinn's move last week to terminate Northstar may prove too little too la
Aug 23, 2014, 10:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois lottery players crossing border to play in other statesNews Story
Players lose confidence as budget stalemate halts winner payouts Randall Lobello of Bensenville said he still plans to buy lottery tickets, despite the Illinois Lottery's announcement Wednesday that even more winners will be getting IOUs. He'll just play in another state, one where winnings would be paid out immediately. I do a lot of traveling; I would just jump to the border and go to Wisconsin, said Lobello, 47. I used to buy lottery tickets in Illinois, but I'm not purchasing them
Oct 17, 2015, 9:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

State lawmaker calls for Illinois Lottery probe in light of audit findingsNews Story
Lottery head resigns, another possible winner payout shutdown looms A state lawmaker is calling for an investigation of the Illinois Lottery after a recent audit revealed it had violated the state finance law. The audit found that the Lottery circumvented the state's budget impasse by prepaying $20 million to take part in future multi-state lottery games, such as Powerball and Mega Millions. State Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, said he wants either Illinois State Attorney General Lisa Mad
Jun 12, 2016, 8:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Mega Millions winner to come forwardNews Story
The final winner of the record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot will accept a check for $218.6 million on Wednesday in the southern Illinois town of Red Bud where the winning ticket was purchased, the Illinois Lottery said Monday. The single winner is from Illinois, lottery officials said, but would not reveal any other details. The other two winning tickets already have been anonymously claimed in Maryland and Kansas. Around Red Bud word that the winner would soon be revealed left the town
Apr 17, 2012, 9:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Is Putting Lottery on Block for Quick PayoffNews Story
The state of Illinois yesterday took the first steps in selling its state lottery system, hoping to attract as much as $10 billion from investors who, in return, would own a monopoly that could turn out to be the biggest jackpot yet. The sale, which may occur as early as the spring, would not be the first privatization of public property - both Chicago and Indiana have recently earned billions of dollars by signing long-term leases with private companies to run toll roads. But the proposed l
Jan 23, 2007, 8:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Streak of jackpot winners is bad luck for Powerball lottery salesReply
I have the choice of playing many games right now....(near the Wis-Illinois border)Wis Megabucks..... $2.1 Million 1:7Mill oddsPowerball................ $18 Million 1:120 Million oddsMega Millions.......... $36 Million 1:135 Mill odds...And nowIllinois Lotto ........... $25 Million.... 1:10 million odds....It makes Illinois Lotto 15x Better than Powerball and last week when Powerball was smaller Illinois Lotto was somthing like 27x plus better than powerball....I did put a couple of buc
Mar 16, 2005, 10:01 pm - markp1950 - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery may privatize lottery to solve budget woesNews Story
The search for revenue to help fix to the state's budget woes has put a spotlight on the Illinois State Lottery. For more than three decades, the lottery has been a steady, reliable source of revenue for the state. Since 1985, it has brought in more than a half billion dollars annually. But, just as other state and local governments have sold off assets to help balance their bottom line and avoid tax hikes, the lottery is now being marketed as a potential target for a hybrid brand of priva
Apr 5, 2010, 7:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois border states report increased lottery salesReply
I have two questions I'm hoping someone here might know the answer to: When the jackpot is won by someone from a different state, does Illinois give the monies it collected during that run to MUSL so that the winner receives all the funds they are entitled to have? For example, let's say Illinois had $10 million in sales for tonight's PB drawing and someone from Georgia won, does this winner get the full $110 million when they go to collect their winnings, or will they only get to collect $1
Oct 28, 2015, 7:41 pm - Teddi - Lottery News

$550 MILLION: Mega Millions holiday bonanza!Reply
Dude, the CV is still over 50 percent of the AAV so I will still throw $5 at a chance to win. Now the game Illinois is raking in huge profits from is Lucky Day Lotto which is a match 5 game with jackpot starting at $100k. There are twice daily drawing and it increases by 50k if no winner(s). It used to increase more when sales were higher than projected, but not anymore. However, I have to give Illinois Lottery props for listening to their players. When we first got to play online, there was
Dec 14, 2013, 12:07 pm - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

Illinois looking for $175,000 Mega Millions lottery winnerNews Story
An Edwardsville, Illinois convenience store sold a Mega Millions lottery ticket that has made someone $175,000 richer.The anonymous winner took second prize in the $130 million jackpot Tuesday. The winning numbers were 10, 23, 28, 39 and 51 and the Mega Ball was 5. The winner has up to a year to claim the prize.The ticket was sold by Buchanan Amoco, 301 S. Buchanan St. The store owners, who will receive a 1 percent, or $1,750, retailer incentive bonus, declined to comment Wednesday. The date the
Jan 21, 2005, 11:06 am - Todd - Lottery News