RELEASE DATE: 9/17/2016
TUSCOLA, IL - If you bought a Mega Millions ticket in Tuscola recently, you may want to check it right away! A gas station in Tuscola sold a $133,000,000 winning Mega Millions ticket for last night’s drawing.
The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at BP, 1000 East Southline Road, and matched all six numbers - 13 - 21 - 28 - 34 - 40 – (15) – to win the $133,000,000 jackpot in the Friday, September 16th, Mega Millions drawing. The retailer will receive a bonus of $500,000 for selling the winning ticket.
The Illinois Lottery urges the lucky winner to immediately sign the back of the ticket and keep it in a safe place until they visit one of the Lottery’s five Prize Centers in Chicago, Des Plaines, Rockford, Springfield or Fairview Heights. Winners have one year from the original drawing date to claim their prize.
More than 61,000 Illinois Lottery players won prizes ranging from $1 to $1,500 in this Mega Millions drawing. For more information, please visit illinoislottery.com.
QUICK MEGA MILLIONS FACTS
- The very first jackpot winning Mega Millions ticket was sold on May 17, 2002, in Chatham, IL, and resulted in a $28 million jackpot prize
- Jackpots start at $15 million
- Overall odds of winning the jackpot 1:258,890,850
- Drawings are at 9:59 PM (CT) every Tuesday and Friday
About the Illinois Lottery:
Founded in 1974, the Illinois Lottery has contributed over $19 billion (since 1985) to the state’s Common School Fund to assist K-12 public schools, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to the Capital Projects Fund and to special causes like Illinois Veterans services, the fight against breast cancer, MS research, Special Olympics and assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS. In addition to playing in-store, the Illinois Lottery offers online and mobile play for all draw-based Illinois Lottery games at illinoislottery.com. Players must be at least 18 years old.
Media Contact: Jason Schaumburg, Illinois Lottery, (312) 507-9408