New Lenox's $300,000 Lottery Winner Comes Forward

NEW LENOX, IL - Illinois lottery officials announced Thursday that one of the Aug. 16 winners of the Lucky Day Lotto midday drawing has come forward. New Lenox resident Katherine Groboski won $300,000 when her Lucky Day Lotto ticket matched all five numbers – 14 - 24 - 28 - 39 - 43 – in last month's drawing. Groboski’s ticket was one of two winning tickets to split a $600,000 jackpot, the lottery said.

Groboski has been playing the Illinois Lottery since its inception in 1974 and plans to use her winnings to purchase a new car, invest and pay bills, according to the lottery.

She told lottery officials that she purchased the ticket on a whim while returning her bowling shoes at Laraway Lanes, 1009 W. Laraway Road, in New Lenox. The retailer will receive a bonus of $3,000, or one percent of the prize of amount, for selling the winning ticket.

"Keep playing and keep believing," she proclaimed.

Groboski wasn’t the only big winner in the Thursday, August 16, midday drawing for Lucky Day Lotto – a $300,000 winning Quick Pick ticket also was purchased at Quik Mart, 8204 47th St., in Lyons.

Winners have one year from the original drawing date to claim their prize.

Lucky Day Lotto drawings are twice a day, seven days a week.

Image of Katherine Groboski via Illinois lottery