It was a winning weekend for Illinois Lottery players, with nearly $12.8 million in prizes won across three games, including an $11.6 million Lotto jackpot.

CHICAGO — A Chicagoland music producer is ending the month on a high note after hitting a jackpot prize on an Illinois Lottery ticket. The big winner, who chose to remain anonymous, snagged a $1,000,001.

Three lucky Illinois Powerball players scored $50,000 each from Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing -- and two of those tickets were sold in the Chicago suburbs. According to the Illinois Lottery, one of the $50,000 tickets from the $1.87 billion jackpot ...

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.

“I felt optimistic when I played those numbers,” the woman told lottery officials

An Illinois Lottery player is officially a millionaire after buying a winning scratch-off ticket on Christmas Eve.

Two metro-east counties landed among the top 10 for state lottery ticket spending in fiscal year 2025, according to the Illinois Lottery. St. Clair County landed in seventh place for lottery ticket sales, while Madison County followed closely in eighth.

After a last-minute stop, an Illinois player won $3M on an Illinois Lottery Royal Riches ticket; the retailer earns a $30K bonus for the sale.