$650,000 Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in McHenry County

HARVARD, IL - Did you recently buy a lottery ticket in Harvard?

You may want to check your numbers to see if you are the lucky winner of a $650,000 lottery prize, according to an Illinois Lottery press release. The Chemung Country Store, 24102 Illinois Route 173 in Harvar, sold the winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket. The ticket matched all five numbers in a Saturday drawing, which were: 05 - 07 - 20 - 31 - 35.

The retailer will receive a bonus of $6,500, or one percent of the prize amount, for selling a winning ticket.

The Illinois Lottery urges the lucky winner to immediately sign the back of their 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.