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$1 Million Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Tinley Park
The winning ticket was for the Saturday, Nov. 19 drawing, lottery officials said.

TINLEY PARK, IL — If you bought a Powerball ticket in Tinley Park for Saturday night’s drawing, you might be the winner of a $1 million prize.
A winning ticket was purchased at 7-Eleven, 7601 W. 159th St. in Tinley Park, and matched all five numbers to grab the $1 million prize for the Saturday, Nov. 19 drawing, state lottery officials announced Wednesday. The winning numbers were: 7-28-62-63-64.
The lucky winner is now the seventh Illinois Lottery player who has won a prize of a million dollars or more playing Powerball so far this year.
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This is also a win for 7-Eleven for selling the winning ticket, as the retailer will receive a selling bonus of 1 percent of the prize amount. For the convenience store, that means a bonus of $10,000.
In total, more than 17,000 winning tickets were sold, and nearly $1.2 million in prizes were won in Saturday evening’s Powerball drawing.
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