One ticket wins $19 million Illinois Lotto jackpot

Sep 24, 2004, 8:51 am (4 comments)

Illinois Lottery

A single player has won the $19 million grand prize from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game.

The only ticket to match all six winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a convenience store in Roscoe.

The grand prize for Saturday night's Lotto drawing will be $2 million.

In addition to the grand prize winner, 41 players matched five of the six winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing & good for second prizes of $868 apiece.

Another 2,073 players matched four of the six and will receive third prizes of $31.

The winning numbers from Wednesday night's drawing were: 2, 5, 25, 30, 40 and 52.

Rockford Register Star

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ryanm

  The last time before September 22 the Illinois Lotto jackpot was won was June 16, 2004.

  The largest Illinois Lotto jackpot ever was set on April 15, 1989; it was a $69.9 million jackpot split four ways.

  The largest Illinois Lotto jackpot won by a single ticket was set on June 21, 1995; it was $45 million.

CASH Only

Ryan:

The 1989 and 1995 records were set in the annuity-only era.

DoctorEw220's avatarDoctorEw220

so divide the amount by 2, and you'll get the cash value.

CASH Only

Cash value seldom is exactly 50% of the annuity.

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