Illinois Pick 4 lottery winners in huge line for record payout

Comment #32

tnhope — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:23:50 GMT

Awesome story....I wonder how many of the winners knew each other ......

CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS

Comment #31

rdgrnr — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:36:52 GMT

No, it's happened to me about 3 times over the years CB.

The Universe gave me the wrong numbers.

Bad Universe! Bad

Comment #30

ConstantlyB — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:42:57 GMT

......wheeeeeeeee....I thought that only happened to me....

Comment #29

rdgrnr — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 14:57:36 GMT

I've played numbers that I've seen clearly in dreams and woke up and wrote em down.

Turned out to be nightmares.

Wait a minute, do you need to have your glasses on in your dreams?

Maybe that was the problem.

Comment #28

maringoman — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:49:44 GMT

Massachusetts has a crazy pick 4 they call Daily Game.

On some days the pay out is as low as $3,800 if you match the 4 numbers straight.

Yeah, we usually don't play that game.

Comment #27

Maggie-Nolia — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:21:56 GMT

Jake, my mind's eye painted this scene as I read your post. My hand painting is juvenile, at best, but the mind's brush was quick and colorful and I didn't spill any paint.

maggie

Comment #26

gonnawinwatchme — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:28:37 GMT

What a wonderful story!! Congrats to ALL of the winners

Comment #25

sully16 — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:16:08 GMT

wtg winners

Comment #24

Jake — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:39:13 GMT

As I read this story, all I could see was State Trooper Riley - barking into his radio - Help, they're breaking into the lottery dance .... don't know if I can contain this problem... Wait, now they're all singing....any moment I expect a group hug that will probably take me down...send back up, ......

To the winner, Awesome job - Congratulations!

To Sgt Riley - May all your calls for backup be for happy riots. Peace. J

Comment #23

rdgrnr — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:34:57 GMT

Gotta wonder how many people hang in there playing quads in TN, kid.

We've only ever had one, on 9/13/08 Evening - 1111.

Those lines in IL probably scared them so much they flipped the switch again on the computer to rule out quads this time.

Comment #22

ohiopick3 — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:28:25 GMT

This should stimulate the Illinois economy for this Holiday Season

Comment #21

Hermanus104 — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:44:05 GMT

There was a story on the Virginia Lottery website about a man who drove from North Carolina to put $100 on the same number because it came up in his dreams. The number (3102) won. This was back before North Carolina or Tennessee had a state lottery - and just before South Carolina launched their Pick-3 game.

Comment #20

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:33:21 GMT

Tx has had Daily 4 for 3 years now, and no quads yet. I don't know that I could ever play quads because they are so rare.

Comment #19

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:29:15 GMT

The max you can play on one playboard is $5. Each playslip has 5 playboards which you can bet .50, $1, or $5. But you can play as much as you want. I played $10 straight per draw a couple weeks ago. When I have a hunch on a number I play it heavy.

Comment #18

taxijohn — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:22:50 GMT

I wonder how much the online places lost at $9,000 per $1 bet at most places...

Comment #17

LANTERN — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:16:26 GMT

Hello!

On 1 playslip, yes, but you can have that playslip played as many times as you want to, just tell the clerk to run it thru the machine as many times as you want to.

Comment #16

PERDUE — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:25:56 GMT

Nope here in TX the maximum you can put down on pick 3 and pick 4 is $5.

$50K, wow that was a sweet payout.

Congratulations to her and to you too, for knowing someone who actually won big on the lottery....

Comment #15

MzDuffleBaglady — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:44:57 GMT

2-2-2-2

I agree @ Jordan, I was recently looking at the vtracs, trying to figure it out.

2222 was right there, because, in October, Illinois ran 7277, 2772, that's the vtrac for 2222, and 3333.

Good Luck

Comment #14

rdgrnr — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:34:23 GMT

Thanks Todd, that makes sense.

And just another example of how lucky we are that Al Gore invented the internet.

All Hail Al

Comment #13

Jordans121 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:30:12 GMT

Wish I was among that Crowd. lol

Comment #12

dphillips — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:28:07 GMT

The winning is perfect timing -- right before the holidays, too. Of course, anytime is a great time if you're winning. So, if 50 cents will get you $2,500 -- imagine what higher amounts would bring, even beyond the $2.00 bet. Yes, some people have all the luck

Comment #11

rajh08 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:18:43 GMT

Seems like every state can get a quad

but NC. They are way over dueeeeeee!

Must be a great feeling though....

Comment #10

NoCompLotto! — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:00:43 GMT

People routinely do that here in Michigan. I'm sure its routine in most other states too.

My mom put down $10 on 0-4-7-1 back in 1991 - she collected $50,204 thanks to it coming in that night.

I remember not too long ago somebody putting down $100 on a Pick 4 combo and collecting over $500,000 because they had a hunch . I'll have to find it and post it.

Comment #9

PERDUE — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:27:15 GMT

Players win according to how much they put in. If you'd spent a mere 50 cents and you picked the correct four numbers you'd get $2,500, Owens said. There's no limit on how much money you can put down on one set of numbers.

So if I wanted to put down $10 or $20 on one set of numbers the Illinois lottery will pay out accordingly if those numbers hit in exact order?

If so wow!!! That would be one heck of a payout it they hit

Comment #8

tiggs95 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:17:03 GMT

THIS!!!!!....

Comment #7

eve128 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:44:07 GMT

Todd

Thanks 4 sharing that wonderful story . It is always great 2 hear of others winner. Because you know your win is just around the next drawing.

Evelyn

Comment #6

flat creek*kid — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:49:45 GMT

looking at that picture, i can see why quads don't fall much, what a headache for the state lottery offiices, i would try to hold off a week to claim my money if i could stand it, just to avoid the crowds. i hope this boosts their economy for christmas, and i hope tennessee follows their lead. i am happy for each and every one of them. and alittle jealous too.

Comment #5

dpoly1 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:46:32 GMT

Record Schmecord!

I just want to win!

Congrats to the winners

Comment #4

Todd — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:37:31 GMT

Just about every lottery is in the same boat: limited records earlier than the 1990s.

The reason? Because the Internet wasn't around back then, and people generally did not hoard/save data like they do today. Most people would have no idea how to ask for it back then. Additionally, the open records and data retention laws of today did not even exist back then, so state governments really had no need to diligently catalog and save what appeared to be useless data.

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Comment #3

rdgrnr — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:28:22 GMT

The Pick Four game has been around since 1982, but payout records only go back to 1996...

And I wonder why that would be?

Hey, it's Illinois, ya gotta ask these questions.

Nice to see so many people getting a nice payday though

Comment #2

TnTicketlosers — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:57:57 GMT

Wow that is wonderful ,and right here at Christmas time too.

Comment #1

jackpotismine — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:32:22 GMT

Congrats to all the winners! What a great feeling

Illinois Pick 4 lottery winners in huge line for record payout

Lottery Post — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:01:32 GMT

As the coiling line of people inside the Thompson Center collapsed in on itself Friday morning, Illinois State Police Sgt. Carlton Riley radioed for backup to help figure out how to deal with the crowd.

All right, people, we got a problem now! Riley barked. I need you to pay attention and keep the line tight.

Riley might have had a problem, but almost no one else did. The estimated 600 people in line were there to claim a share of what may be the highest-ever total payout for the Illinoi... [ More ]