$10.4M Winning Lotto Ticket Sold In Des Plaines

DES PLAINES, IL — The new owners of a Mobil gas station are off to a lucky start. Illinois Lottery announced Tuesday that a winning $10,400,000 Lotto ticket was purchased at the 9660 Golf Road location.

"We only bought this store a month ago, and already we have a big jackpot winner," said Jinu John, co-owner of the gas station, said of Saturday night's draw. "I don't know who won — but it's certainly one lucky guy or girl."

The winner matched all six numbers in the drawing to score the jackpot prize. The winning numbers were: 6-9-18-31-39-49. The store will receive a selling bonus of one percent of the prize amount.

"Since we only recently took over this location, we are eager to get to know our customers and hope to start seeing some regular faces," John said. "Our employees are all excited about this win, and of course we hope we’ll find out who the lucky winner is."

Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw 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.

Lotto is an Illinois-only game that is played three times a week on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday