The $1.2-billion Powerball jackpot was not awarded in Wednesday night’s drawing, but a dozen Illinois residents won significant prizes, including tidy sums of $100,000 apiece.
According to Illinois Lottery officials, three players captured prizes of $100,000, while nine others won prizes of $50,000 in the drawing.
All 12 players matched four numbers and the Powerball, with three of the players using the “Powerplay” feature to double their $50,000 prize.
Here is where the winning tickets were purchased, according to Illinois Lottery officials:
$100,000
Jewel, 1200 West Boughton Road, Bolingbrook
Sunshine Food Mart, 806 Wilcox Street, Joliet
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Metamora IGA, 610 West Mount Vernon Street, Metamora
$50,000
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Circle K, 65 South Route 59, Aurora
BrookHaven MarketPlace, 7516 South Cass Avenue, Darien
Thornton Gas, 9138 South Cicero Avenue, Oak Lawn
Jewel, 7036 Roosevelt Road, Oak Park
Casey’s, 1228 East Dundee Road, Palatine
Circle K, 111 North Capitol Street, Pekin
Thornton Gas, 101 Burwash Avenue, Savoy
Thornton Gas, 34225 North U.S. 45, Third Lake
Circle K, 2010 87th Street, Woodridge
Under the Powerball’s structure, there are nine different ways to win prizes, including the jackpot, which requires a player to match all five numbers and the Powerball number.
Players also have the option to purchase a “Power Play” option on their tickets, which can double prize amounts.
The players who won in Illinois matched four numbers and the Powerball, with three of those players purchasing the “Power Play” option on their tickets.
No player won the $1.2-billion jackpot, meaning that the prize will now rollover and likely will reach $1.5 billion.
That would represent the second-largest jackpot in United States history.
