One lucky Illinois Lottery player is $400,000 richer this weekend after taking home a Lucky Day Lotto jackpot on Thursday's midday drawing.
According to the Illinois Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Palos Heights, located at 6350 West 135th Street.
Over 16,000 winning tickets were sold for Thursday's midday drawing, with a total of over $440,000 being paid out to winners.
For selling the winning ticket, the 7-Eleven location receives a $4,000 bonus, 1% of the total jackpot winnings.
Those who get lucky on a lotto ticket have one year from the date of their winning draw to claim their prize, according to the Illinois Lottery.
Lucky Day Lotto is an Illinois-only game, with twice-daily drawings at 12:40 p.m. and 9:22 p.m.
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