Check your numbers because an Illinois Lottery player has won the Mega Millions jackpot and is scheduled to take home a whopping $552 million from the June 4 drawing.
Lottery officials have not announced who the lucky winner of the jackpot is, except to say the ticket was purchased online from Illinois.
The lucky winner scored the massive jackpot playing the game on the lottery’s mobile app, making this the largest prize ever won by an online lottery player in the U.S., lottery officials said
The new millionaire matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball, 19-37-40-63-69-17, to win the $552 million Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said.
Incredibly, just two years ago, a single lottery ticket sold at a Speedway convenience store in Des Plaines matched all six numbers, making two lucky Illinois players the winners of $1.337 billion.
The lucky $552 million winner is now the fourth Illinois Lottery player who has won a prize of a million dollars or more with Mega Millions in 2024 and the second online Illinois Lottery player to win over a million dollars this week.
A person took home $2.8 million on Tuesday in the Fast Play game, lottery officials said.
Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw in which to claim their prize.
The Illinois Lottery encourages all lucky winners to write their name on the back of their ticket and keep it in a safe place until they’re ready to claim their prize.