Christmas just got much, much merrier for four lucky Illinois Lottery players.
Four winning Illinois lottery tickets worth between $1 million and $50,000 were sold late last week in different locations across the state as well as online, on the Illinois Lottery website, officials said.
According to the Illinois Lottery, a $1 million winning Lotto ticket for Thursday's game was sold at a Phillips 66 gas station in Alton, near the Illinois - Missouri state line. The ticket matched all six numbers -- 2, 3, 13, 21, 28, 43 -- to win the $1 million grand prize, the release said.
Also on Thursday, a winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $900,000 was sold at PK Pantry in Lynwood, in southeastern Cook County. According to officials that winning ticket matched all five numbers -- 3, 5, 6, 15, 29 -- to win the jackpot.
Two additional players on Thursday scored big after purchasing two Lucky Day Lotto tickets on the Illinois Lottery website, as two online tickets matched all five numbers -- 3, 6, 22, 26 30 -- scoring a jackpot of $50,000 each.
Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw to claim their prize, officials say.
Lotto drawings occur three times a week on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The current jackpot is $6.5 million for the next drawing, taking place Monday.
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Lucky Day Lotto is played twice a day, seven days a week.
According to the Illinois Lottery, winners those who win a prize of $250,000 or more can remain anonymous is they so choose.
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