Illinois lottery ticket for $12.5M jackpot sold in Elgin

Monday, April 25, 2022
ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- Check your tickets! A $12.5 million jackpot winning Illinois Lottery ticket was sold at an Elgin liquor store.

According to the Illinois lottery, this is the sixth jackpot over $1 million sold since January 2021, and the largest jackpot win since June 2020.
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The ticket was sold at Total Liquors at 823 Summit Street in Elgin. It matched all six numbers from Saturday's drawing: 13-15-28-29-31-44.

The store that sells a winning ticket gets a selling bonus of 1% of the prize amount; in this case, that's $125,000.
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The winner should write their name on the back of the ticket and keep it in a safe place until they're ready to claim their winnings. Prizes over $1 million must be claimed by calling the Illinois Lottery Claims Hotline at 217-524-5147.

For more information on how to claim your lottery winnings, click here.
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