Three Illinois friends split $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot

Comment #11

LottoBux — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:00:20 GMT

Yep, just found it on the blog, thank you

Three Illinois friends split $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot

https://www.smartluck.com/blog/previous-multiple-jackpot-winner-wins-anew-for-1-4-million/

For some reason,the link I posted will not display.

In short,this is the summary

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On Nov 4th, 2024, Tom McGill, a longtime user of Smartluck software, won

Comment #10

anya2z — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 19:09:44 GMT

SmartLuck has a blog post about this dated 7 Nov 2024. They spent $180.

Comment #9

anya2z — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:45:40 GMT

Smart Luck has a post about this win.

Comment #8

Lotterologist — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:47:15 GMT

Sorry for getting his name wrong. It should have been Tommy Lotto.

He said himself that occasionally they pool their money together to buy a lottery ticket.

I think he would have said lottery tickets if he meant more than one.

Comment #7

billybucks — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:51:18 GMT

Kate who is a nice person who wrote the article for Todd leaves out all the interesting aspects in these stories. She violates the who, what, when, where and how parts code too often that writers are supposed to follow. I believe they bought more than one ticket. Probably fifteen. If it were only one it should have been pointed out better.

Comment #6

Lotterologist — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 02:49:35 GMT

They remind me of some drinking buddies...just regular guys.

I once drove a friend to the liquor store to cash his check and noticed that he bought only one lotto ticket for $1.00.

I thought it was a bad idea at the time but now I see that it can be done.

Is Tommy Lotto a genius?

If he could pick the winning numbers with one ticket, perhaps.

Like Nikola Tesla, sometimes geniuses are odd.

Comment #5

billybucks — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 02:00:36 GMT

Weill, I find Tommy Lotto's reaction to the whole episode a little odd. It kind of goes against those that prefer to remain anonymous.

Comment #4

Lotterologist — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:25:39 GMT

I'm just going by what the news story stated. Apparently, the 2 friends contributed .33 apiece, and Tony Lotto put in .34.

Comment #3

billybucks — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:37:16 GMT

I believe they ponied up more than .33 each to buy a ticket. Still, it is unheard of to split a 1.00 Cash 5 game ticket 3 ways. The guy who is going to pay for a wedding (help pay) for his daughter and buy tickets for friends and family to several Black Hawk games will find that cost prohibitive after a couple of games at what they charge for a seat. They are getting 309k each after taxes. Not bad at all but hardly worth going ape over.

Comment #2

Lotterologist — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:03:22 GMT

That's what happened...that's why he called it a miracle!

My guess is that the one with the big brain in the middle is Tommy Lotto.

Great story!

Congrats

Comment #1

Wavepack — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 03:26:48 GMT

No mention of how many tickets/lines bought. The way it reads now is they pooled money to buy a $1 ticket.

Three Illinois friends split $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot

Lottery Post — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:26:12 GMT

Lottery crew scoop up miracle jackpot together

By Kate Northrop

Three Illinois friends are sharing a life-altering $1.4 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot, which they said will impact each of their lives in unique ways.

A crew of three Illinois friends pooled their funds for a Lucky Day Lotto ticket and are now splitting a $1.4 million lottery jackpot after it matched the winning numbers in a drawing last week.

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