$1 Million Winning Lotto Ticket Purchased In Arlington Heights

Photo caption: Marathon gas station, 115 W. Dundee Road, Arlington Heights (Google Maps)

CHICAGO, January 9, 2024 – An Illinois Lottery player has been crowned the first Lotto millionaire of the year! 

The lucky player purchased the $1 million winning Lotto ticket at a Marathon gas station, located at 115 W. Dundee Road in Arlington Heights.

The winning ticket matched all six numbers, 16-32-40-42-44-45, in the Lotto Million 1 drawing on Saturday, January 6.

For selling the winning ticket, the Marathon gas station in Arlington Heights will receive a bonus of $10,000, which is one percent of the prize amount.

Overall, more than 50,000 winning tickets were purchased for the January 6 Lotto drawing.

Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw in which to claim their prize. 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.

Lotto is an Illinois-only game that is played three times a week on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, and the current jackpot is $9,050,000 for the next drawing on Thursday, January 11. 

The Lotto jackpot has been steadily climbing since it was last won in September 2023, when a lucky ticket holder in Chicago claimed $23.75 million -  the largest Lotto prize in 2023 and the second largest in more than seven years.

You could be next! Lotto tickets can be purchased in-store, online, or on the Illinois Lottery app. For more information or to buy tickets online, please visit IllinoisLottery.com.

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.