A single player has won the $19 million grand prize from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game.
The only ticket to match all six winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a convenience store in Roscoe.
The grand prize for Saturday night's Lotto drawing will be $2 million.
In addition to the grand prize winner, 41 players matched five of the six winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing & good for second prizes of $868 apiece.
Another 2,073 players matched four of the six and will receive third prizes of $31.
The winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing were: 2, 5, 25, 30, 40 and 52.
The last time before September 22 the Illinois Lotto jackpot was won was June 16, 2004.
The largest Illinois Lotto jackpot ever was set on April 15, 1989; it was a $69.9 million jackpot split four ways.
The largest Illinois Lotto jackpot won by a single ticket was set on June 21, 1995; it was $45 million.
Ryan:
The 1989 and 1995 records were set in the annuity-only era.
so divide the amount by 2, and you'll get the cash value.
Cash value seldom is exactly 50% of the annuity.