16 Mar 2007
For the first time in Illinois
Lottery history, the winning Lotto and Little Lotto tickets for the
Wednesday, March 14, drawing were sold by the same retail store.
6 Feb 2007
The Illinois Lottery is releasing a
limited run of only 500,000 tickets for its "St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle."
24 Jan 2007
News Brief: The state of Illinois yesterday took the first steps in selling its state lottery system, hoping to attract as much as $10 billion from investors.
8 Jun 2006
The Illinois Lottery is giving
away $200 million in total available prizes through its largest ever second
chance promotion, called "Set for Life."
24 Jan 2006
News Brief: Illinois Lottery tickets could be available on the Internet under a proposal being floated in the General Assembly
17 Jan 2006
Scientific Games Corporation has signed a three year contract with the Illinois Lottery for the supply of instant ticket games and related services.
5 Jul 2005
The Illinois Lottery recently ended its
2005 fiscal year by setting records in both sales and education contributions.
6 May 2005
News Brief: Illinois Auditor General William Holland says that Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lottery department could not justify millions of dollars in payments to its prime ad agency.
22 Apr 2005
This summer the Illinois Lottery has eight hot new games with more than $150 million in available prizes for its new summer promotion "Road to Riches."
1 Apr 2005
The Illinois Lottery is adding
a Monday Lotto drawing on top of the existing drawings on Wednesday and Saturday, and it will also be launching a brand new $20 instant ticket called "$50 Million Spectacular."
1 Feb 2005
A full year after the initial drawing on
January 31, 2004, the largest unclaimed jackpot in Illinois Lottery history
officially expired last night at 12 midnight.
31 Jan 2005
After weeks of trying to identify the
person holding a $14 million grand prize winning Illinois Lottery ticket, the
prize remains unclaimed and is set to expire tonight at midnight if no winner
steps forward with the winning ticket.
17 Jan 2005
News Brief: Ron Smith was surprised to learn that he was banned from claiming a $995 Illinois Lottery prize because he had been working with the state agency that oversees horse tracks. He was even more surprised when he was encouraged to lie about his employment in order to claim the prize.
29 Dec 2004
2004 may be drawing to a close, but Mega Millions excitement is just getting started.
5 Nov 2004
The Illinois Lottery reports that John Wood of Roscoe is the state's newest millionaire after winning a $19 million prize in the Lotto game.
