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Illinois stay-at-home mom wakes up to a crying baby and $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpotNews Story
Mother wakes up to a crying baby and a lifechanging amount of money By Kate Northrop An Illinois woman woke up to the sound of her crying baby in the middle of the night but found it rather difficult to fall back asleep once she also found out she won a $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot. Every parent knows that tending to a crying infant in the middle of the night is not easy, but what if you woke up to a million dollars too? This is what happened to one Illinois stay-at-home
Mar 14, 2024, 8:07 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Editorial: Study of lottery winners still receiving food stamps is flawed but raises good pointsNews Story
Independent group finds that more than 65,000 lottery winners stayed on food stamps after their wins By Kate Northrop An independent group surveyed government data and found that over 65,000 individuals who won significant lottery prizes have continued collecting food stamps. A think tank called the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to all 50 U.S. states for data on lottery winners collecting food stamps since 2019 and found
Oct 23, 2023, 6:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois man celebrates Valentine's Day with $1 million lottery win three days after breakupNews Story
A date with Lady Luck three days after heartbreak By Kate Northrop On what he assumed would be a lonely Valentine's Day after having just gone through a breakup, an Illinois man is instead celebrating the holiday with a $1 million lottery win. Heartbreak was in the cards for one Illinois man, who was posed to spend Valentine's Day without a date after splitting from his girlfriend. However, he's hit the jackpot with Lady Luck this year, raking in a $1 million lottery prize three da
Feb 14, 2024, 11:53 am - Kate - Lottery News

Illinois man runs back into store to give owner a hug after winning $3 million in the lotteryNews Story
That guy is going to win someday. By Kate Northrop An Illinois man who won $3 million in the lottery while sitting in his car deliberately ran back into the store he bought his winning ticket at to give the owner a big hug. An Illinois man with a big heart won a big prize in the Illinois Lottery last week, finally scooping up a $3 million prize on a scratch-off after years of trying. Having just helped welcome his new grandson into the world, the lottery pri ze was the second wo
Jan 30, 2024, 10:41 am - Kate - Lottery News

Powerball welcomes 2024 with an $810 million New Year's Day jackpotReply
Picked up ten picks on the Illinois side of the state line. Here's hoping.
Jan 1, 2024, 3:14 am - Ridley - Lottery News

Retailer mistake helps Illinois man win $25,000 a year for life in Michigan LotteryNews Story
A retailer's error is a lottery player's happy accident By Kate Northrop A store clerk's error helped an Illinois man land a $25,000 a year for life prize in the Michigan Lottery's Lucky for Life game. Just as famous painter Bob Ross once said, we don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents. The same could be said for one Illinois man who ended up winning a $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life prize thanks to one such lottery retailer's happy accident. Illinois resident Mi
Nov 27, 2023, 1:25 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball offer $1.13 billion in combined lottery jackpotsNews Story
Chance to win $675 million tonight Story updated to reflect increased Powerball jackpot By Todd Northrop Lottery players have two massive multi-state jackpots to try to win this week, adding up to a whopping $1.13 billion in total. According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $480 million with a cash value of $240.7 million, while tonight's Powerball drawing offers a $675 million estimated jackpot with a cash option
Jul 10, 2023, 9:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

$975 MILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot increases againNews Story
Easter sales dip might be holding it back By Todd Northrop The near-billion-dollar Powerball jackpot grew again last night, but perhaps not as much as it would have if this weren't Easter weekend. The latest increase of the current lengthy Powerball jackpot run comes after nobody won last night's drawing, sending the Monday jackpot ever closer to heights that once seemed unattainable for a lottery game. Monday's Powerball jackpot is currently estimated at $975 million, with a lu
Mar 31, 2024, 9:07 am - Todd - Lottery News

One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Largest lottery jackpot ever won in the Garden State Updated with retailer that sold the winning ticket By Todd Northrop After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.13 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in New Jersey matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the 10th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the ninth time a single ticket won $1
Mar 27, 2024, 7:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot now the eighth-largest in historyNews Story
Powerball jackpot simultaneously offers massive wealth By Todd Northrop For the eighth time in history a lottery jackpot has grown to more than a billion dollars. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Tuesday jackpot estimated at $1.1 billion with a cash value of $525.8 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the time the drawing kicks off Tuesday n
Mar 23, 2024, 8:31 am - Todd - Lottery News