Mega Millions players from Illinois, Indiana win  million in Friday drawing – NBC Chicago

Mega Millions players from Illinois, Indiana win $1 million in Friday drawing – NBC Chicago

Some lottery players in Illinois and Indiana woke up Saturday a lot richer thanks to Friday’s Mega Millions drawing.

While no jackpot winning tickets were sold in the $862 million drawing, an Illinois Lottery player matched five numbers – excluding the Megaball – and won $1 million. The winning ticket, valued at $1 million, was purchased at the Shell gas station, 10 W. Division St., in Coal City, according to the Illinois Lottery.

It’s unclear if the winner has already come forward to receive the prize, but they have one year to do so.

The Illinois ticket was one of five tickets sold in the United States that won the $1 million prize, along with two in Indiana and one each in Arkansas and Pennsylvania.

If you haven’t checked your ticket yet and are hoping to be a million dollars richer, here are the winning numbers:

2, 20, 51, 56 and 67, plus the Mega Ball 19.

To win the Mega Millions jackpot, a player must match all five numbers and the Mega Ball. There are smaller winnings for the correct numbers in the game. As of Saturday afternoon, the jackpot rose to an estimated $944 million, the seventh-largest prize in Mega Millions history. If a winner chose the cash option, they would end up with $429.4 million.

The next drawing will take place on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, at 10 p.m. Central Time.

Are you planning to try your luck?

Drawings can be found on the lottery’s YouTube page.

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