A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois won $50,000, but just missed the $71 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets ...

Louisiana, California and Florida rounded out the top five, with winnings per draw of $515,406, $494,047, and $454,290, respectively. Illinois ranked eighth, averaging $256,455 in winnings per draw.

City, mayor face lawsuit of discrimination with casino The city of Chicago, its mayor and Bally’s Chicago Operating Company ...

Some purchases, such as marijuana, are regulated across state borders in Illinois and Missouri. But what about lottery tickets? The lottery is managed on a state level in the U.S., and most states ...

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or on the Illinois Lottery app. Illinois is the only state to offer three ways to play — online, in-store or Scan-N-Play.

A scratch-off Illinois State Lottery ticket purchased from the Speedway gas station in South Elgin has netted a lucky winner $10 million. Assistant manager Samethia Broomfield says she had no idea ...

Lawmakers in Illinois and Maryland have introduced legislation to expand the legal scope of daily fantasy sports (DFS), ...

The No. 12 Michigan State Spartans (15-2, 6-0) are getting set to take on the No. 19 Illinois Fighting Illini ... professional player and project lottery pick in the NBA Draft, freshman guard ...

A man married for 36 years enthusiastically shared life-changing news with his wife after winning a lottery jackpot in Illinois. “I immediately told her, ‘It’s time for you to retire.’” ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois won $50,000, but just missed the $268 million jackpot, lottery officials ... times and price vary by state. Drawings are broadcast ...

which equals out to about $120,000 in federal taxes and about $24,750 in state taxes, according to TaxAct’s Lottery Tax Calculator. Lucky Day Lotto, which is exclusively sold in Illinois ...