Illinois State Lottery

Illinois State Lottery

The Illinois Lottery is run by the government of Illinois. The lottery was founded in 1973, when U.S. lotteries were confined to the Northeast and the Midwest. Televised drawings are based at the studios of Chicago's WGN-TV, and occur twice daily, at 12:40pm and 9:20pm during that station's newscasts under the supervision of the accounting firm of Clifton Gunderson. Illinois is the only current lottery to have their non multi-state drawings televised nationwide (via WGN America).

Online games

The Illinois Lottery is one of 12 members of the Mega Millions jackpot game. It also runs Illinois Lotto (6 balls out of 52) with a smaller jackpot on a Monday-Wednesday-Saturday night drawing schedule. Pick 3 and Pick 4 numbers are drawn twice daily; the same numbers apply to those playing the same games in the neighboring Iowa Lottery. Little Lotto, (5/39) with a minimum jackpot of $100,000, is drawn nightly.

cratch games

Multiple scratch games in varying amounts and themes are offered by the lottery, including games based on licensed properties such as the NBC game show "Deal or No Deal". Chicago sports teams also have tie-ins with the Lottery.

Distribution of funds

Proceeds from the Illinois Lottery and unclaimed prizes are distributed to support education and schools in Illinois.

External links

* [http://www.illinoislottery.com Official Site]


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