$270 million Mega Millions jackpot won in Illinois

Comment #26

DDOH937 — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:56:38 GMT

I want one of these sooo bad. I can feel the feeling, jsut cant match the numbers yet. Grrrrrr ; )

Congrats to the winner and the family. Good times ahead i'm sure.

Comment #25

sanman$ — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:29:44 GMT

If you win in New York assembly house speaker Sheldon silver probably gets some of your millions. Since he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar by the Feds, his name should be changed to tarnished silver

Comment #24

s200sf — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:09:45 GMT

WoW . It pays to be a store vendor for lottery tickets in Illinois. $500,000.00 is that right? Here in Maryland the store would only receive 10,000.00

Comment #23

HaveABall — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 06:21:01 GMT

Yeah, dallascowboyfan, that is the law side of Illinois.

Comment #22

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:01:49 GMT

Congratulations to the winner/s. I Cannot believe the Bakery Group still has not received their money(smh

Comment #21

HaveABall — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 03:48:50 GMT

Well, crap, I was willing to receive this jackpot.

Comment #20

megan81 — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:12:33 GMT

Congrats to the winner

Comment #19

Goteki54 — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:16:16 GMT

Finally someone NOT from California or New York

Comment #18

myturn — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 05:26:18 GMT

Congratulations and jubilations

I want the world to know I'm happy as can be.

Comment #17

sanman$ — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 04:15:17 GMT

When I win I'll buy the rosettes stone so I don't ever misspell Porsches like porches ever again. Then I'll lend the Rosetta Stone to my good friend cunning scam so he can learn to speak English like the rest of the world. Right now when he talks it's like language unknown. Nobody can understand a word he's saying

Comment #16

sanman$ — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 04:05:53 GMT

Ok so I misspelled Porsches, not that there's anything wrong with that.

Comment #15

shadowlady — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 01:07:59 GMT

Congratulations to the winner(s).(At least it is not California or Florida or New York

Comment #14

music* — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:42:26 GMT

I remember Ridgerunner having a bit of fun with a past poster with the spelling of that car, Porchias ?spelling

Comment #13

noise-gate — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:24:08 GMT

What he meant was He was going to build 47 Porches onto his parking garage

Comment #12

rcbbuckeye — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 23:41:34 GMT

How do you keep a porch in a parking garage

Comment #11

sanman$ — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:52:45 GMT

When I win the powerball on Wednesday I'm going to become a rich hoarder like Jerry Seinfeld who owns 47 porches and keeps them in. A parking garage.

Comment #10

HaveABall — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:51:40 GMT

, ThatScaryChick ... I wonder if one or all are Illinois residents.

Comment #9

sanman$ — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:48:17 GMT

My initials are PB same as power ball.I 'm going to win power ball this wednesday

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Wilfre06 — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 19:53:48 GMT

Very lucky! Congrats to the winner! I feel like the Mega Millions has gotten much more difficult with the numbers being from 1-75. But hey it can happen

Comment #7

ThatScaryChick — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:15:33 GMT

Congrats to the lucky person or people who won

Comment #6

Gleno — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:00:05 GMT

Congrats to the Illinois winner.

How does this state rate as to the other most populated lottery states?

Chicago must have a huge number of regular players.

Kudos for the quick pick option that generated this new winner.

The Lucky Star was over that location in Glendale Heights.

Comment #5

music* — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:45:20 GMT

Now it is time for Power Ball to make a run for it. Good Luck to all LP members who play PB.

Comment #4

mypiemaster — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:05:35 GMT

Get ready for some more drama if it is won by a pool. Congrats to the winner/winners.

Comment #3

PrinceRene — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:42:28 GMT

The liberal blue states always win

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dpoly1 — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:40:18 GMT

Illinois always wins LOL

Comment #1

Piaceri — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:39:03 GMT

Congrats to the winner(s)!

So this jackpot started Nov 4, and it took 21 draws to pull the winner, 15 drawings to reach $100m cash option. That's a lot of drawings....

$270 million Mega Millions jackpot won in Illinois

Lottery Post — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 13:47:52 GMT

By Todd Northrop

An Illinois lottery player won the first jackpot of 2015, worth an estimated $270 million in a Mega Millions drawing Friday.

The ticket, a quick pick meaning the numbers were selected randomly by the lottery terminal, was sold at Bucky's Express, 1202 Bloomingdale Road in west suburban Glendale Heights, said Illinois Lottery spokesman Mike Lang.

The store will receive a $500,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

It is the largest prize in Illinois Lottery history... [ More ]