One lucky Westmont man plans to use his big lottery winnings to visit Europe with his wife and to buy a new house.Jayant Gopani, 24, scratched the instant Fabulous Fortune ticket <a href="http://www.illinoislottery.com/en-us/home.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">to reveal a $1 million win</a>, according to the Illinois Lottery. He chose to receive his prize in a lump sum of $600,000.Gopani is an occasional lottery player, and he bought the $1 million ticket at Westmont Liquor, 310 West Ogden Avenue in Westmont.The retailer received a $10,000 bonus, 1 percent of the prize amount, for selling the winning ticket, according to the Illinois Lottery.<h2>ALSO ON PATCH</h2><iframe src data-aspectratio="16:9" data-originalheight="3750" data-originalwidth="100%" data-src="http://storify.com/PatchChicago/patchchicago-stories/embed?header=false&amp;border=false"></iframe>

One lucky Westmont man plans to use his big lottery winnings to visit Europe with his wife and to buy a new house.

Jayant Gopani, 24, scratched the instant Fabulous Fortune ticket <a href="http://www.illinoislottery.com/en-us/home.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">to reveal a $1 million win</a>, according to the Illinois Lottery. He chose to receive his prize in a lump sum of $600,000.Gopani is an occasional lottery player, and he bought the $1 million ticket at Westmont Liquor, 310 West Ogden Avenue in Westmont.

The retailer received a $10,000 bonus, 1 percent of the prize amount, for selling the winning ticket, according to the Illinois Lottery.<h2>ALSO ON PATCH</h2><iframe src data-aspectratio="16:9" data-originalheight="3750" data-originalwidth="100%" data-src="http://storify.com/PatchChicago/patchchicago-stories/embed?header=false&amp;border=false"></iframe>

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<h3>🌸 Celebrate Mother’s Day with family and friends at a festive Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet at Osteria by Capri, hosted inside the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Downers Grove.</h3>
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