$1 Million Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Rochelle
Photo Caption: Love’s Travel Center, 400 Steward Rd. in Rochelle, sold a winning $1 million Powerball ticket
CHICAGO, November 14, 2023 – The Powerball jackpot for tomorrow’s drawing is now an estimated $255 million. However, someone in Illinois is already celebrating after winning a cool $1 million in yesterday’s Powerball drawing.
The winning Powerball ticket was purchased at Love’s Travel Stop, located at 400 Steward Rd. in Rochelle, for Monday night’s drawing. The lucky winner matched all five numbers, 24-33-35-37-42, to score the million dollar prize.
“Oh wow - how exciting!” exclaimed Wade Embree, manager at Love’s Travel Stop in Rochelle. “While I don’t know who the winner is, it would be so nice if it’s one of our regular customers who lives in town. Any day now, I’m hoping one of them will walk through the door and tell us ‘I’m a millionaire!’”
Embree has been the manager at this Love’s location since it opened about five years ago.
“Rochelle isn’t a huge town, we have a population of just over 9,000,” shared Embree. “Since we opened, residents here have done a fantastic job supporting our store. We are grateful to be located in such a kind and caring community.”
For selling the winning ticket, Love’s Travel Stop will receive a bonus of one percent of the prize amount, or $10,000.
When asked what Love’s plans to do with the bonus, Embree said “I’m sure we will put that bonus to good use, making some updates and improvements to our store.”
So far this year, eight Illinois Lottery players have won $1 million or more playing Powerball, half of which were in September.
In total, over 13,000 winning tickets were purchased by Illinois Lottery players for the Monday, November 13 Powerball drawing.
The Illinois Lottery encourages all lucky winners to write their name on the back of their ticket and keep it in a safe place until they’re ready to claim their prize. Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw to claim their prize.
Powerball tickets are $2 each, and players have the option to add the Powerplay for an additional $1 for the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes.
The next Powerball drawing is Wednesday night, November 15 at 9:59 p.m (CT). The jackpot up for grabs is an estimated $255 million.
About the Illinois Lottery
Founded in 1974, the Illinois Lottery has contributed over $24 billion (since 1985) to the state’s Common School Fund to assist K-12 public schools, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to the Capital Projects Fund and to special causes. For more information, visit IllinoisLottery.com.