The Illinois Lottery has crowned its first $1M winner of 2024, thanks to a winning Lotto ticket sold at a gas station in the northwest suburbs.
According to press release from the Illinois Lottery, the winning "Lotto Million 1" ticket was sold at a Marathon Gas station in Arlington Heights, at 115 W. Dundee Road.
The ticket matched all six numbers — 16, 32, 40, 42, 44, 45 — to win the $1 million prize, the release said.
The gas station that sold the winning ticket will also receive a prize in the form of $10,000, which amounts to one percent of the winnings, the release continued.
"Lotto" is an Illinois-only game played weekly on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, lottery officials said. The current jackpot for that game stands at $9,050,000, and the next drawing is Thursday, Jan. 11.
Other recent Illinois lottery winnings include two, $1 million instant tickets, sold last month in Oak Park.
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