$1 Million Lottery Ticket Sold At Romeoville Gas Station

ROMEOVILLE, IL — A $1 million scratch-off Lottery ticket was purchased at a gas station in Romeoville, according to a news release from Illinois Lottery.

The $1 million Cash Celebration Instant Ticket was purchased at Thorntons gas station, 400 N. Independence Blvd., in Romeoville.

“Holy smokes! This just blows my mind,” Deborah Sparkiewicz, manager at the Thorntons in Romeoville, said in a release. “We haven’t heard from any customers that they’ve won and our regulars usually come back to share the exciting news of their wins with us, so this has everyone scratching their heads over who the winner could be.”

Sparkiewicz added that, “There’s an oil refinery nearby that employs hundreds of workers from across the country who stay here for months at a time. These workers stop into our store often, picking up essentials. They just completed the work and went back to their home states – and I’m wondering if one of them took this big winning ticket home?”

Thorntons will receive a bonus of one percent of the prize amount, of $10,000, for selling the winning ticket, the Illinois Lottery said in a release.

When asked what the store will do with the bonus, Sparkiewicz shared, “It would be so nice if we can use the bonus on updates to the store, like upgrading some of the equipment we use regularly.”

The Illinois Lottery currently offers more than 50 different Instant Ticket games at over 7,000 retail locations across Illinois.

Winners should visit IllinoisLottery.com/winning for more information on how to claim their prizes.