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Two New Lottery Millionaires In Illinois

July 28th, 2025

One player scores record-breaking Cash Castle jackpot, while another strikes it rich with Lucky Day Lotto

CHICAGO, July 28, 2025 — Two Illinois iLottery players are celebrating life-changing wins after waking up as newly-minted millionaires.

One lucky online player scored a historic $1,763,224 jackpot playing Cash Castle — the largest prize ever won in the game’s short history. This comes just months after a $1.4 million Cash Castle jackpot was claimed in April.

Cash Castle is the Illinois Lottery’s latest $30 progressive FastPlay game and features the highest starting jackpot of any FastPlay game in Illinois, beginning at $100,000 and grows with every ticket sold statewide until the jackpot is won. Since its debut in late February, nearly 543,000 winning Cash Castle tickets have been sold, paying out over $43.8 million in total prizes to players across the state.

The second big iLottery winner won a $1.1 million jackpot in the Lucky Day Lotto midday drawing on Sunday, July 27, after matching all five winning numbers: 14-22-23-32-36. That drawing generated over 26,500 winning tickets. 

Lucky Day Lotto is an Illinois-only draw game with two daily drawings at 12:40 p.m. and 9:22 p.m., offering players more chances to win big.

Tickets for both Cash Castle and Lucky Day Lotto are available in-store, online, or on 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.