An Illinois Lottery player is shocked after receiving a gift she never expected: A Lucky Day Lotto ticket that turned out to be worth a whopping $1 million.
The ticket was purchased for the April 22 midday drawing at Fas Mart, located at 6010 East Riverside Blvd. in Loves Park, a town just north of Rockford.
The winner actually received the ticket as a gift from a regular customer and was in complete shock when she discovered it was a jackpot-winning ticket worth $1 million.
The lucky player’s winning ticket matched all five numbers in the Monday midday drawing to score the $1 million jackpot prize. The winning numbers were: 3-4-6-25-27.
For selling the winning ticket, Fas Mart in Loves Park will receive a selling bonus of one percent of the prize amount, or $10,000.
The winner plans to use her prize to buy a car, give some to her grandfather, find a new place to live, and save the rest. “Everything happens for a reason,” the anonymous winner said.
So far this year, over four million winning Lucky Day Lotto tickets have been sold, with total prizes amounting to more than $22 million for Illinois Lottery players.
Lucky Day Lotto is an Illinois-only game with twice daily drawings at 12:40 p.m. and 9:22 p.m.
Tickets for the game can be purchased in-store, online, or on the Illinois Lottery app. For more information visit IllinoisLottery.com.