Billion dollar Powerball lottery ticket sold in Los Angeles
No, it wasn't the $1 billion jackpot -- but someone in a Chicago suburb just became $1 million richer, and a handful of other people in the state scored at least $50,000 in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, lottery officials say.
According to the Illinois Lottery, a $1 million ticket Powerball ticket in Wednesday's drawing was purchased at Williams Liquor in Elmhurst, at 925 S. York Rd.
One lucky iLotto player matched four numbers and the Powerball, plus a Power Play to win $100,000.
And, six other lucky Illinois Powerball players matched four numbers and the Powerball to score $50,000. Two of those winning tickets were sold online, on the Illinois Lottery Website, officials said.
The others were sold at Love's Travel Stop at 4628 S. Main St. in Rockford, Thornton's Gas & Food at 2201 N. Green Bay Rd. in Waukegan, Casey's General Store at 520 W. Peru St. in Princeton, and Shell Gas Station at 1002 Cameron Dr. in Durand. 17 other states also saw $1 million winners in Wednesday's drawing, including Indiana and Wisconsin.
A single, jackpot-winning Powerball ticket worth $1.08 billion was sold in Los Angeles. Here's which states sold winning Powerball tickets worth at least $1 million:
