$50,000 Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Algonquin

ALGONQUIN, IL — If you recently bought a Mega Million lottery ticket in Algonquin, check your ticket. Someone is $50,000 richer after the winning numbers were drawn Tuesday in the Illinois Lottery contest.

The winning ticket was purchased at a Lucky Gasoline, 1469 S. Algonquin Road, according to Illinois Lottery officials. Thirteen lucky Illinois Lottery players won big money in this week’s record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball drawing.

A Mega Million lottery ticket purchased in Murphysboro snagged a $4 million prize. And two lucky players matched four numbers and the Powerball, plus they added the game’s ‘Power Play’ feature to win $100,000 each.

Besides the Algonquin winning ticket, 11 players matched four numbers and the Powerball to win $50,000 each. The majority of the winning tickets were purchased at retailers across the greater Chicagoland area.

More than 400,000 winning tickets were sold, and over $2.8 million in prizes were won in Illinois in the historic Powerball drawing. Every single Powerball win is also a win for the retailers that sold winning tickets, as the retailers receive a selling bonus of 1% of the prize amount.
Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw in which to claim their prize.

The Illinois Lottery encourages all lucky winners to write their name on the back of their ticket and keep it in a safe place until they’re ready to claim their prize.

Powerball tickets are $2 each, and players have the option to add the Powerplay for an additional $1 for the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes. The next Powerball drawing is this Saturday night, November 12 at 9:59 p.m (CT), and the jackpot is an estimated $47 million.