According to the Illinois Lottery, an anonymous woman — who chose to accept her $3 million prize under the pseudonym "Happy Grandma" — bought the winning ticket at BP Gas Station in Villa Park, located at 1 West St. Charles Road.

Feeling lucky this Thanksgiving season? You may be sitting on a $1 million Powerball ticket sold in Illinois as part of Monday's drawing.

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $681 million. A ticket with five numbers,

That’s the windfall an Illinois Lottery player, who has chosen to remain anonymous under the nickname “Rainy Day Fund,” received off a decision to buy $10 worth of Lotto tickets in the southwest suburbs this summer. Illinois Lottery: Winning $1M ...

The Illinois Lottery is going big this holiday season, spreading cheer across the state with five new holiday-themed Instant Tickets and two exciting promotions: Holly Jolly 2nd Chance and Get in the Spirit Sweepstakes.

CHICAGO - A Chicago man scored a nearly $500,000 lottery jackpot just in time for the holiday season. The winner, identified only as Peter, a mechanic, won a $487,929 Fast Play jackpot on the Illinois Lottery’s $10 Luxury Loot game, officials said on Friday.

Sept. 15 (UPI) --An Illinois Lottery player heard a rumor at work that someone had scored a $1 million prize -- and it turned out to be them. The winner told Illinois Lottery officials they decided to buy tickets for the July 10 Lotto drawing after hearing ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin Weekly Newspaper, OakPark.com and Sportskeeda.