Illinoisans: Unclaimed $250,000 Lucky Day Lotto Prize Is About to Expire

Illinois has had some seriously lucky lottery winners lately, with prizes ranging from thousands of dollars to a billion-dollar jackpot.

A $1.04b Powerball ticket sold in Quincy made headlines this summer, and more recent wins include a $1 million Lotto prize in Chicago and a $550,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot won by someone online.

Now?  The Illinois Lottery is searching for someone who could be sitting on a $250,000 prize without even realizing it.

According to the Lottery, the winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket was purchased at a BY gas station in Chicago for the November 7th, 2025 drawing.  The problem?  Nobody has come forward to claim the money, and time is running out.

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The winner has until November 7th, 2026 to claim the $250K prize.  Illinois Lottery winners always have one year from the drawing date to collect their winnings.  If nobody claims the prize by the deadline, the money will expire.

The actually not the only unclaimed prize in Illinois right now.

These are just a handful of prizes that still aren't claimed and coming up on their expiration date to claim!

• $200,000 Powerball ticket sold in Springfield
• $200,000 Powerball ticket sold in Aurora
• $700,000 Lucky Day Lotto ticket sold in Chicago
• $150,000 Powerball ticket sold in Evergreen Park

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If you purchased a ticket in any of those cities nearly a year ago, find that ticket!  You could've overlooked it and not realized you won some lifechanging money.