$300K Winning Lotto Ticket Sold in Countryside

Countryside, IL - Someone who bought a Lucky Day Lotto ticket from a Countryside gas station could be walking around with $300,000 in their pocket.

The ticket, bought at BP, 5330 South La Grange Road in Countryside, matched all five numbers in the May 24 midday drawing — 02 – 03 – 06 – 13 – 19, according to the Illinois Lottery.

Another winning ticket for the May 24 drawing was also bought at Shell, 6000 North Western Avenue in Chicago. The two tickets will share the $600,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot prize.

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The stores that sold the tickets will each receive a bonus of $3,000, or 1 percent of the prize amount, according to the Illinois Lottery.

Winners are urged to sign the back of their tickets right away and to keep it in a safe place until they visit one of the lottery’s prize centers in Chicago, Des Plaines, Rockford, Springfield or Fairview Heights. Winners have one year from the original drawing date to claim their prize.