11 IL Lottery Players Win Big Powerball Prizes In Historic Drawings

Several Illinois Lottery players won big over the weekend, taking home more than $2.5 million in the most recent Powerball draw.

The winning numbers for the game were: 11-23-44-61-62 and the Powerball 17.

Two players from Illinois had five of the six winning numbers and each won $1 million, including a ticket purchased at Skokie Citgo, located at 5343 Touhy Ave. in Skokie.

Four players won $100,000 for matching four numbers and the Powerball, plus the game’s Power Play feature, and five players won $50,000 for matching four numbers and the Powerball.

Winning tickets were sold at:

• $1 million - Skokie Citgo at 5343 Touhy Ave. in Skokie.
• $1 million - iLottery
• $100,000 - Brake Time at 1401 US Highway 24W in Gliman
• $100,000 - Lemont Liquors at 1128 State St. in Lemont
• $100,000 - North Ave Shell at 130 W. North Ave in Chicago
• $100,000 - iLottery
• $50,000 - Quick Trip at 1320 N. 3rd St. in Effingham
• $50,000 - Thorntons at 111th Street and Ridgeland in Worth
• $50,000 - Casey's General Store at 912 13th St. in Viola
• $50,000 - 7-Eleven at 621 W. State St. in Geneva
• $50,000 - Speedway at 2 S. 540 State Rt. 59 in Warrenville

Saturday's Powerball $1.787 billion jackpot was the third-largest jackpot in the game's history. Two people, from Missouri and Texas, matched all six numbers.

The roll began on June 2, with more than 1.7 million tickets sold since. Illinois Lottery players have won almost $20 million in prizes.

Each ticket sold is also a win for retailers, who earn a selling bonus of 1 percent of the prize amount on any winning tickets.

The next Powerball drawing is worth $20 million, with a cash value of $9.2 million, and will take place Monday at 9:59 p.m. Central Time. Tickets — costing $2 each — must be purchased by 9 p.m. that day to be considered, according to the Illinois Lottery. For an additional $1 per ticket, players can add the Power Play for a chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes.