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Winning Powerball Tickets Make Two Illinois Lottery Players Millionaires Overnight

July 11th, 2025


Photo caption: One of the $1 million winning Powerball tickets from the July 9 drawing was purchased at Youmax Liquor & Grocery Store in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood (photo courtesy: Google Maps).

CHICAGO, July 11, 2025 –  Two lucky Illinoisans can now call themselves millionaires after purchasing $1 million winning Powerball tickets.

Both winning tickets matched all five numbers, 5-9-25-28-69,  in the Powerball drawing held on Wednesday, July 9. The Powerball number was 5.

One of the $1 million winning tickets was purchased online at IllinoisLottery.com, while the other $1 million winning ticket was bought at Youmax Liquor & Grocery Store, located at 2222 W. Devon Ave. in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood on the city’s north side.

For selling the winning ticket, Youmax Liquor & Grocery Store will receive a one percent bonus of the prize amount, or $10,000.

This isn’t the first time the retailer has sold a big winning lottery ticket. In April, Youmax Liquor & Grocery Store sold a $25,000 top-prize-winning scratch-off ticket.

So far this year, over one million winning Powerball tickets have been sold in Illinois, with total prizes amounting to more than $13.2 million for Illinois Lottery players.

The lucky winners have one year from the date of the winning draw to claim their prizes. The Illinois Lottery encourages the winners to write their names on the back of their winning tickets and keep them in a safe place until they’re ready to claim their prizes.

Powerball tickets are $2 each, and players have the option to add the Power Play feature for an additional $1 for the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes. 

Powerball drawings are Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evenings at 9:59 PM CT. The jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is now at a whopping $234 million.

Powerball b-roll, produced by the Illinois Lottery, is available for the media; download here.

The Illinois Lottery encourages players to remember it’s a game of chance. The more players understand the odds and how to play - the safer their play will be. 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.