A Crystal Lake couple is $2.5 million richer after they won big in the Illinois Lottery.
Roy and Gail Voigt won the Lotto jackpot prize when their ticket matched all six numbers in a Nov. 17 drawing, according to a news release.
“We are shocked that we won! It hasn’t sunk in yet,” Gail Voigt said.
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Roy and Gail have been playing the same Lotto numbers, 02-11-31-36-37-48, for several years.
“I just chose some random numbers and stuck with them,” Roy said.
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A few weeks after the drawing, they checked the winning numbers on the Illinois Lottery website and discovered they had hit the jackpot. They plan to get professional financial advice and invest their windfall.
The winning ticket was purchased at Thorntons, 800 Northwest Highway, in Cary. The retailer received a bonus of $22,500, or one percent of the prize amount, for selling a winning ticket.
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