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• CASH Only

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  May 26, 2003, 5:01 am

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  I seem to remember Illinois "jumping the gun" and allowing at least one Big Game winner (after the 1998 change in Federal law allowing lotteries to give winners a 60-day window in which to choose cash or annuity) to collect their jackpot prize in lump sum, while it was a 5/50 + 1/25 game.

  The closest state to me, of the original six BG states, did not allow jackpot winners to choose cash until BG was changed to 5/50 + 1/36 in January 1999.

  Can anyone verify this for me?

  Remember that BG/now MM is run by the member states, rather than as an organization (eg MUSL).
• CASH Only

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  May 30, 2003, 1:56 am

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  I _swear_ somebody collected the Big Game jackpot in lump sum on an Illinois ticket about 4 1/2 years ago. Otherwise I would not have started this thread.