IL LOTTO had 9 Winners (!) Last Night...

Reply #16

Lucky5of5 — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:36:37 GMT

When I learned there were 9 winners, and none were quick picks, my initial question was What television show did everybody watch that used lottery numbers

Reply #15

jerryb*49 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:50:18 GMT

I think they might also ask for it when you win the jackpot. Illinois does not allow anonymity (except for pols and their relatives).

Reply #14

Coin Toss — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:44:49 GMT

BINGO, ILdreamer.

On the myillinoislottery.com Sign Up page it asks for your Social Security Number.

Reply #13

ILdreamer — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:46:11 GMT

Jerry-I totally would EXCEPT they require your Social Security #. No way I trust them with that

Reply #12

LottoGuyBC — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:03:03 GMT

$416,666.50 is still a nice payday. ( pretax )

It's still 2 to 2.5x the Sunday Million.

Of course, $3.75m is wayyyyyy better. ( pretax

Reply #11

Coin Toss — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:19:09 GMT

The fortune cookie angle, or something similar (horoscope numbers maybe) might not be too far fetched.

None of the 9 were QPs, here's the whole list, prety widespread throughout the state.

LOTTO PRIZE PAYOUTS FOR SATURDAY JUNE 09, 2012

WINNING NUMBERS: 06 - 12 - 23 - 35 - 42 - 51

PLAYERS MATCHING 6 OF 6 NUMBERS

INCLUDING SUBSCRIPTION WINNERS 9

EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE $416,666.50

WINNING TICKETS WERE SOLD AT

223404 PAYLESS TOBACCO

1169 MCHENRY RD #A

B... [ More ]

Reply #10

jerryb*49 — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:42:02 GMT

Anyone using the new Illinois online system? Seems to work well and avoids the C store clerk pimping the other games.

Reply #9

maximumfun — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:26:31 GMT

whoa - this must have the lottery headquarters up in 'alert-alert' status checking to see why so many won

Reply #8

LottoGuyBC — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:20:16 GMT

yeah I think you're right. Fortune cookie does sound plausible.

So I guess it's not a good idea to play 01-02-03-04-05

Reply #7

jerryb*49 — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:58:11 GMT

Winners were all over the state. Fortune cookie sounds plausible or some other number picking source. But why would anyone want numbers that many others might be playing? Sharing might be nice for kids, but not when it comes to millions of dollars.

Reply #6

LottoGuyBC — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:36:11 GMT

maybe someone bought those numbers 9x

Reply #5

OldSchoolPa — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:20:23 GMT

This stinks...it looks like most all of them were own picks. Hmmmmm

Reply #4

mcginnin56 — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:09:43 GMT

Perhaps God just answered 9 overdue prayers last evening.

Reply #3

lottery4ever — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:49:13 GMT

It seems fishy to me, I wonder if they were quick picks and good ole Illinois random generator gave out that many duplicate combos, I'll be watching for more info on this one and no I wasnt one of the winners niether

Reply #2

qutgnt — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:54:49 GMT

I would bet a fortune cookie had those numbers. This is why you should NEVER play numbers like that. A 400k annuity or about a 140k lump sum after taxes. Better off hitting the little lotto. To beat 10 mil to one odds and get such a pittance would make me ill.

Reply #1

jerryb*49 — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:26:24 GMT

This doesn't seem possible. Maybe 8 are friends of Speaker Madigan.

IL LOTTO had 9 Winners (!) Last Night...

ILdreamer — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:49:33 GMT

I'm pretty sure this is unprecedented. 9 Winners for last night's Lotto draw. Sorry to say, I wasn't one of many-

LOTTO PRIZE PAYOUTS FOR SATURDAY JUNE 09, 2012

WINNING NUMBERS: 06 - 12 - 23 - 35 - 42 - 51

PLAYERS MATCHING 6 OF 6 NUMBERS

INCLUDING SUBSCRIPTION WINNERS 9

EACH PLAYER WILL RECEIVE $416,666.50