“I Was Shaking”: Illinois Winner Reacts to $536 Million Jackpot
An Illinois lottery player is waking up to a brand new reality after claiming a staggering $536 million Mega Millions jackpot, according to the Illinois Lottery.
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Illinois Lottery Fever: What Illinois’ Biggest Winners Took Home
As of this writing, tonight's Mega Millions lottery jackpot stands at $660 million, which makes the 10pm drawing now the 3rd biggest jackpot ever. Only two billion-dollar jackpots have ever been higher; $1.537 billion won in South Carolina on October 23rd, 2018, and $1.050 billion won in Michigan on January 22nd, 2021.
Here’s How Much Money Illinois’ Biggest Lottery Winners Have Won
After reading about Clark Gas, a Loves Park gas station selling a winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $400,000 a couple days back, I thought it might be fun to see who's won the big money and how much they walked away with (pre-tax).