A mother became a big lottery winner — with a little help from her kids. The Illinois woman, who chose to remain anonymous under the name Jenny, purchased her Lucky Day Lotto ticket online using some ...

Illinois Lottery players won more than $7.1 million after a rare 7-7-7-7 Pick 4 drawing produced over 3,300 winning tickets ...

Two friends from Cook County are celebrating after claiming a $750,000 Lucky Day Lotto® jackpot. The winners, who are ...

An Illinois man’s life changed after he went on his work break - and came back a millionaire. The lottery player went into a ...

The winning lottery scratcher was purchased at a Mobil gas station in Lombard, a Chicago suburb, according to the Illinois ...

A Southern Illinois Lottery player became an overnight millionaire thanks to an online lotto ticket and a mother-to-daughter lucky number tradition. The anonymous winner bought her ticket with numbers ...

An Illinois mom won a $800,000 lottery jackpot using numbers based on her and her kids' birthdays The woman plans to use the winnings to support her children's education and take her family on a ...

Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first joined as a member of the PEOPLE App team in 2025. Her work has previously appeared in Men's Health, NBC News, Variety and more. Illinois ...