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$1.725 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now 2nd-largest of all timeReply
Todd, As soon as it was determined that no one had won the jackpot, the Illinois lottery said $1,725,000 on it's 800 mumber. Now I'm wondering what their source is.
Oct 10, 2023, 11:25 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

California woman who overcame homelessness wins $5 million lottery prizeReply
My favorite kind of story...rags to riches feel good story. Memory says some guy I think in Illinois was still homeless when he won buckets of money on a lottery ticket. OTOH Massachusetts getting closer to having on-line lottery sales. They just passed on-line sports betting. Funny the article had the same argument used here in KY that it would hurt brick and mortar stores. This has been disproven. My goodness, my Puritan minded homestate coming out of 1620 mentality. Happy De
May 5, 2023, 8:07 am - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

$800 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges on rolloverReply
Thanks for the update. I hope my ticket is the Illinois million dollar winner, but can't check quite yet. If I win on Saturday, I'll take the lump sum straight away. As far as investments, about a quarter will go directly into a mix of beaten down assets, with another quarter going into bonds, one quarter earmarked to dollar cost average into indices over the next year to two years, and the last quarter to stay in cash. Splurges would include a modest home, a Wagoneer or Sequoia, and a getaw
Oct 27, 2022, 9:12 am - Ridley - Lottery News

Two Illinois lottery winners in a partnership claim $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
Mata Garbo, you should have left that comment. I was just replying to it when you deleted it. I think you're right and I read scorpio45's comment wrong. I thought by they hide to mean the winners hiding their identities, while it seems scorpio45 meant the lottery was hiding whether or not it was a quick pick. Sorry I read it wrong. I don't think the lottery is hiding it. May we can reach out to the Illinois Lottery to find out, and we'll update the story if we do.
Sep 21, 2022, 9:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois man claims $19.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot after playing for 20 yearsNews Story
Faithful player finally gets his windfall By Kate Northrop It was a momentous occasion for a Chicago area lottery player, who can finally say that his persistence paid off after he picked up his check for a $19.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot. Yesterday, the Hoosier Lottery announced that a $19.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot was claimed by one of its very committed players. It was also the 89th-consecutive Hoosier Lotto drawing without a winner since a $5 million jackpot was hit
Sep 16, 2022, 10:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Major claim deadline approaching for Illinois lottery winner of $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
The Illinois Lottery allows winners to remain anonymous so let's hope this jackpot winner is having a problem deciding cash or payments and the ticket is not lost and goes unclaimed. Just occurred to me maybe the winner hired Crawford Shaw to validate the ticket and Shaw will wait until the 11th hour before heading to lottery headquarters. All kidding aside, the winner might not even know their claiming options have a 60 day deadline. We'll know in a couple of weeks.
Sep 13, 2022, 12:01 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

$1.5 billion Mega Millions winner explains how "Lottery Lawyer" Jason Kurland stole $83 millionReply
So back to anonymity. Illinois law says anything over $250K can remain anonymous...but the next line is what gets me. Paraphrasing here: However if someone uses the FOIA we will comply with that law and give them the name and city of the winner. Darned if you do, darned if you don't. Does this just pertain to the average Joe Doe who uses anonymity without a trust? I'd think a trust lawyer would be the way to go. No matter what, in this day and age if someone wants to unearth something seems
Aug 17, 2022, 10:03 am - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

One Illinois lottery ticket wins $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
Surprised no one commented on the fine print. Illinois law says if you win over $250K you can remain anonymous BUT if FOIA is used, they are legally bound to tell the name and city of the person. Darned if you do, darned if you don't. Reading that it would make me get a trust Attorney to cash it in. Like others, would love to know if it was a QP or not. If we didn't have that crappy RNG here I'd play both the store # and the address on Pick 4/pick 3 respectively!
Jul 30, 2022, 3:56 pm - Bleudog101 - Lottery News

One Illinois lottery ticket wins $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
I would say that the Feds and the state of Illinois made a pretty penny in tax revenue..... There were several 2nd place prizes handed out from what I see on the MM homepage... Congrats to the lucky ticket purchaser.... Enjoy your newly acquired wealth
Jul 30, 2022, 11:27 am - CDanaT - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Rush of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts officials to raise jackpot estimateReply
Dude, what are you talking about? You act like the winning lottery numbers decide that THEY want to be won buy top businesses and high earning people. Tuesday's jackpot that was 830M, the second prize of 1 million was won by on 9 different tickets. 2 in New York, 2 in New Jersey, 2 in Ohio, 1 in California, 1 in Florida, and 1 in Illinois. A few of these tickets got an extra million because of the added multiplier. The winning numbers were: 7-29-60-63-66-15. These 9 tickets were quick picks whic
Jul 29, 2022, 6:32 am - winterhug - Lottery News