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$900,000 Winning Lucky Day Lotto Ticket Sold In Rockford

June 24th, 2024


Photo caption: Raj Patel, Manager at Stop N Shop, located at 2501 N. Huffman Boulevard in Rockford, is all smiles after selling a $900,000 winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket.

CHICAGO, June 25, 2024 – An Illinois Lottery retailer is celebrating after recently selling a jackpot-winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth a whopping $900,000.

The winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket was purchased for the June 22 evening drawing at Stop N Shop, located at 2501 North Huffman Boulevard in Rockford.

“The winner came in Sunday morning, scanned the ticket, and gasped and his face turned bright red when he realized he was holding a jackpot-winning ticket,” explained Raj Patel, store manager at Stop N Shop. “He was ecstatic, of course, they couldn’t believe it! He’s a town local and a regular customer we see a few times a week.”

The lucky player purchased the winning ticket matching all five numbers in the Saturday evening drawing to score the $900,000 jackpot prize. The winning numbers were: 8-11-14-33-34.

“The winner was absolutely thrilled. ‘It’s a nice life-changing amount,’ he told me,” added Patel. “My advice to our players? Dream big and take a chance on a ticket. This just proved that dreams can come true and I’m so happy for the winner.”

Over 29,800 winning Lucky Day Lotto tickets were purchased for the Saturday, June 22 evening drawing.

This is also a big win for Stop N Shop in Rockford, as the store will receive a selling bonus of one percent of the prize amount, or $9,000.

So far this year, over six million winning Lucky Day Lotto tickets have been sold, with total prizes amounting to more than $34.3 million for Illinois Lottery players.

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.

Lucky Day Lotto is an Illinois-only game with twice daily drawings at 12:40 p.m. and 9:22 p.m. Tickets for the game can be purchased in-store, online, or on the Illinois Lottery app.

Lucky Day Lotto b-roll available for download here.

As the Lucky Day Lotto jackpot continues to grow, the Illinois Lottery encourages players to remember it’s a game of chance. For more information about the odds of winning, visit the Lucky Day Lotto game page on IllinoisLottery.com. Be Smart, Play Smart®. Must be 18 or older to play.

About the Illinois Lottery

The Illinois Lottery, founded in 1974, has contributed over $24 billion to the State’s Common School Fund in support of K-12 public education in Illinois since 1985. The Common School Fund is the Illinois Lottery’s primary benefactor, receiving nearly 99% of Illinois Lottery proceeds. The Illinois Lottery also supports various specialty causes as described in the Illinois Lottery Law (20 ILCS 1605/21.4). For more information about the Illinois Lottery and the causes we support, please visit IllinoisLottery.com.