Illinois iLottery Player Wins First $1 Million Draw-Based Game Jackpot of 2026

CHICAGO, January 5, 2026 — An Illinois iLottery player has kicked off the new year in a big way, becoming Illinois’ first $1 million winner of a draw-based lottery game in 2026, after scoring the Lucky Day Lotto^® jackpot in yesterday evening’s drawing.

The winning online ticket for the Sunday, January 4 evening drawing matched all five numbers to capture the $1 million prize. The winning numbers were: 19-28-30-40-42.

In total, nearly 32,000 winning Lucky Day Lotto tickets were purchased for the Sunday evening drawing.

In 2025, more than 10.7 million winning Lucky Day Lotto tickets were sold statewide, awarding nearly $67.3 million in prizes to Illinois Lottery players.

Winners have one year from the date of the drawing to claim their prize. The Illinois Lottery encourages winners to sign the back of their winning ticket and store 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 held at 12:40 p.m. and 9:22 p.m. Tickets are available at authorized retailers, online, and on the Illinois Lottery app.

For more information or to buy tickets online, please visit IllinoisLottery.com.

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

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.