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$500,000 Winning Lucky Day Lotto Ticket Sold At A Gas Station In Hickory Hills

November 6th, 2025

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CHICAGO, November 6, 2025 — If you played Lucky Day Lotto® yesterday, you might want to check your ticket – that’s because you could be $500,000 richer!

One lucky Illinois Lottery player matched all five numbers in the Wednesday, November 5 evening drawing to win the game’s $500,000 jackpot. The winning numbers were: 2-17-29-31-40.

The ticket was purchased at Speedway, located at 8759 W. 95th St. in Hickory Hills, Illinois.

For selling the winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket, the store will receive a bonus of 1% of the prize amount, or $5,000. 

In total, nearly 19,000 winning tickets were sold in the Wednesday evening Lucky Day Lotto drawing.

Winners have one year from the draw date to claim their prize. The Illinois Lottery encourages all lucky winners to sign the back of their ticket and store it in a safe place until they are ready to claim their prize.

Lucky Day Lotto is an Illinois-only draw game with two daily drawings at 12:40 p.m. and 9:22 p.m., and jackpots starting at $100,000. Tickets are available in-store, online, and via the Illinois Lottery app.

Lucky Day Lotto b-roll, available for use by the media; download here.

The Illinois Lottery reminds players to play for fun, not funds. Be Smart, Play Smart®. Must be 18 or older to play. Game odds available at IllinoisLottery.com.

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About the Illinois Lottery

The Illinois Lottery, founded in 1974, has contributed over $25 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 beneficiary, 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.