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Check Your Pockets: $150K Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in Lincoln Park
Was it you? Someone bought the Lucky Day Lotto ticket at a convenience store on North Lincoln Avenue.
Chicago, IL - Someone in the Lincoln Park area may be unknowingly carrying around a lottery ticket worth $150,000.
A 7-Eleven at 2710 North Lincoln Ave. sold a jackpot-winning ticket for the Lucky Day Lotto Jan. 3 evening drawing, according to the Illinois Lottery.
The ticket matched all five numbers: 07 - 16 - 34 - 38 - 39.
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7-Eleven will receive a bonus of $1,500, or 1 percent of the prize amount, for selling a winning ticket.
The winner is urged to sign the back of the ticket and keep it in a safe place until they visit a lottery prize center in Chicago, Des Plaines, Rockford, Springfield or Fairview Heights.
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Winners have one year from the drawing date to claim a prize.
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