Lottery luck made thousands and thousands of Illinoisans winners in 2022, however solely a handful gained thousands and thousands of {dollars}.
In all, 37 tickets price $1 million or extra had been bought in Illinois this 12 months, in response to an Illinois Lottery spokesman. Nevertheless, far fewer earnings exceeded multiples of thousands and thousands. Listed below are the 5 greatest earners within the state for 2022.
$1.337 billion – July 29
A single successful ticket for the historic Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot was bought at a Speedway in Des Plaines. The second largest Mega Hundreds of thousands prize ever gained, and the most important lottery prize ever gained in Illinois, was claimed by two individuals who agreed upfront to separate the prize in the event that they gained.
The 2 selected to stay nameless and opted for a single lump sum fee of $780.5 million, or $390.25 million every, earlier than taxes.
$12.5 million – April 23
The most important Illinois Lottery win in practically two years was gained by a single participant in Elgin. They purchased the ticket at Whole Liquors which acquired a money bonus of 1% of the prize quantity, or $125,000.
Retailer proprietor Bharat Patel (pictured under) mentioned it wasn’t the primary time the shop had bought a successful ticket, however it was positively the most important.
$10.1 million – August 29
The second of two tickets to get a double-digit million jackpot got here from the Illinois Lottery once more. This time the ticket was bought via the state’s on-line lottery buy platform.
$4.85 million – October fifteenth
One other huge Illinois Lottery prize happened two months later in River Grove at Wealthy’s Recent Market. Equally, the shop acquired a money bonus of $48,500. Nevertheless, on this case, normal supervisor Lucas Bujak (pictured under) truly knew the participant.
“The gentleman got here into the shop on Sunday morning and began inserting his tickets into the Lottery machine. Certainly one of my workers jokingly requested him if he gained, however earlier than he may reply, the shopper nearly handed out,” Bujak mentioned.
$4 million – November 9
The checklist’s last huge win missed the Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot by one quantity however nonetheless walked away a winner. In response to the Illinois Lottery, a ticket matching all 5 common numbers was bought at a Circle Ok in Murphysboro. The participant additionally purchased the sport’s multiplier function turning what would have been a $1 million ticket into the $4 million prize.
