Illinois lottery, lotto tickets

FILE - An Illinois Lottery games draw time schedule is displayed included Mega Millions and Powerball at a convenience store Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Northbrook, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

CHICAGO, Ill. (WAND) — Check your Powerball lottery tickets; you may be a winner.

The Illinois lottery is trying to find the owner of several unclaimed tickets, including one purchased almost a year ago at a Road Ranger in Loves Park.

Winners have only a year to claim their prize, so the unclaimed $100,000 will expire on September 8.

Unclaimed Illinois Lottery as of Aug 2024

Draw Date Game Prize Location
9/9/23 Powerball $100,000 Loves Park
10/29/23 Lucky Day Lotto $250,000 Chicago
3/23/24 Powerball $100,000 Centralia
3/11/24 Lucky Day Lotto $300,000 Chicago
3/13/24 Powerball $100,000 Rockford
7/6/24 Lotto $1,000,000 Chicago
7/26/24 Mega Millions $1,000,000 Rockford
8/12/24 Lotto $1,000,000 Homewood

The ticket purchased on September 9, 2023, matched four out of five numbers, plus the Powerball.

Eight Illinois Lottery prizes have been unclaimed to the tune of $3.8 million.

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