According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Woodhull, in western Illinois, has a population for 811 people.
"“Lately, all anyone can talk about is the $3 million winning lottery ticket," Damer said in the release."Everyone in our tiny town is trying to figure out who the lucky winner is.”
For selling the winning ticket, the gas station will receive a one percent bonus of the prize amount, which amounts to $30,000.“Some of the bonus will be used for improvements to our store," BP owner Phillip Edat said in the release."But more importantly, I plan to share the bonus with my seven loyal and dedicated employees."
More than 50 million winning Instant Lotto tickets have been sold in 2023 in Illinois, the release said. Recently, that includes a number of big winners in other Chicago suburbs, including a $3 million ticket sold in even after the top prizes had been claimed. A spokesperson for the lottery told NBC Chicago that although retailers are notified once a ticket no longer has a top prize, the process can be time consuming.
"As the process involves physically removing hundreds of thousands to millions of tickets from our stores for a particular game, that process can take up to 1 to 3 months to complete," the spokesperson said."We will continue to look for ways to make this process even better for our players and retailers.”
According to lottery officials, there are more than 50 different Illinois Lottery Instant Ticket games at over 7,000 retail locations across Illinois.
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