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$50,000 Illinois Powerball tickets sold in Chicago suburbs: Here’s where
Three lucky Illinois Powerball players scored $50,000 each from Wednesday’s Christmas Eve drawing — and two of those tickets were sold in the Chicago suburbs.
According to the Illinois Lottery, one of the $50,000 tickets from the $1.87 billion jackpot drawing was sold at St. Charles 7-Eleven, located at 2400 E. Main St. Another $50,000 ticket was sold at a Shell station in suburban Harwood Heights, located at 7455 W. Lawrence Ave.
The 3rd $50,000 ticket, officials said, was an iLottery Powerball ticket sold online.
The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing were 4, 25, 31, 52, 59, and a Powerball number of 19.
The big wins in Illinois come after a single ticket sold at a gas station Arkansas won the full Christmas Eve Powerball jackpot. Lottery officials said they won’t know who won that ticket until at least Monday because winners must contact a claims center, which is closed for the holidays until then.
In addition to the $50,000 winning tickets, nearly 400 tickets sold in Illinois as part of Wednesday’s drawing won $100 each. In Indiana and Michigan, there were two tickets sold worth $1 million, the Powerball website showed, with other million-dollar tickets sold in California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
A full list of Powerball results for Illinois can be found here.
“U.S. lotteries are reminding players to check their tickets carefully, as many tickets won cash prizes in [Wednesday’s] drawing,” a release from Powerball officials said.
The cash prizes follow a $1 million Powerball ticket sold at a Mobile gas station in suburban Deerfield as part of Monday’s drawing. No one hit that jackpot in that one, causing the grand prize for the Christmas Eve drawing to swell.
Powerball’s odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes growing as they roll over when no one wins. Lottery officials note that the odds are far better for the game’s many smaller prizes.
Tickets cost $2, and the game is offered in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The next Powerball drawing, with a jackpot of $20 million, takes place at 9:59 p.m CT Saturday.
The Chicago Bears released a statement on Wednesday after Illinois legislators took a step forward with keeping the team in the state.
Shortly after the bill passed out of a House committee 15-5 and then was passed again by the full House, the Bears said the bill is not enough for them.
“We welcome the progress made on the House’s version of the mega project bill; however, additional amendments are necessary to make the Arlington Heights site feasible for our stadium project. We support Illinois leaders as they determine the path forward to making the essential changes to the mega project bill and aligning on infrastructure funding,” the team said in a statement.
The vote on Wednesday came after lawmakers spent weeks working to address concerns and criticism that the bill provided incentives to the team to leave Chicago and surrounding potential revenue shortfalls to area schools if the stadium is built in Arlington Heights.
Despite the team’s dissatisfaction, the megaprojects bill, which would allow the Bears to negotiate property tax payments directly with the Village of Arlington Heights, is headed now to the Senate.
A key piece of legislation designed to keep the Chicago Bears’ stadium project in Illinois is being weighed, and Rose Schmidt has details on what’s in it.
That said, the bill’s lead Senate sponsor State Sen. Bill Cunningham told NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern that legislators “feel no pressure to take a vote next week” when the Senate returns on Tuesday.
“We will work this bill like any other bill,” Cunningham said.
Though the team is not satisfied with the deal, it seems Illinois Governor Pritzker is.
“Governor Pritzker has been clear and consistent for years that the Bears should remain in Illinois, and that any legislation needs to protect taxpayers. Throughout the past few months, the Governor’s Office brought team leadership, local officials, and legislative partners to the table to craft a deal around public infrastructure improvements, property tax fairness, and affordability measures. Today is an important step, and the Governor’s Office looks forward to working with the Illinois General Assembly to advance a bill that reflects our shared priorities,” Pritzker’s office said in a statement on Wednesday.
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