Check your tickets, Illinois Lottery players: One of you is now $1 million richer.
According to Illinois Lottery's Mega Millions website, a $1 million Mega Millions ticket was sold in Illinois as part of Friday's Mega Millions drawing. The winner, the site says, matched all five numbers -- 23, 27, 41, 48 51 -- to win the payout.
The ticket was purchased at a Circle K in Elgin, located at 460 S. McLean Blvd.
Friday's win comes just two days after a $1 million winning Mega Millions ticket for Wednesday's drawing was sold at a gas station in suburban Oak Forest.
While some Mega Millions players in the state last week did come out on top, no one in Illinois won the game's jackpot of $476 million, the site says. According to the Illinois Lottery, a Mega Millions jackpot winner must match all five numbers as well as a Megaplier number.
For Friday's game, that number was 22.
The jackpot was won Friday evening in New York, however.
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According to the Mega Millions results site, 16 players in Illinois matched four out of five numbers in Friday's drawing to win $500. More than 20,000 other players in Illinois matched at least one number to win a cash prize, with payouts ranging from $2 to $200.
There are at least nine ways to win a cash prize paying Mega Millions, the Illinois Lottery's results page says, as players must match at least the Megaplier to win a payout.
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The next Mega Millions drawing, with a $20 million jackpot up for grabs, is scheduled for April 18 at 9:45 p.m.
