Mega Millions Jackpot Won in Illinois! $560 Million Goes to Online Player

Mega Mil­lions fever has struck Illi­nois again! A lucky play­er in the Prairie State has snagged the colos­sal $560 mil­lion jack­pot, end­ing a three-month dry spell for the lot­tery. This his­toric win ranks as the ninth-biggest in Mega Mil­lions history.

The win­ning num­bers drawn on Tues­day were 19, 37, 40, 63, 69, with the Mega Ball com­ing in at 17. This marks a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone – the first time a Mega Mil­lions jack­pot has been won through an online tick­et pur­chase on a state lot­tery website!

Illi­nois lot­tery reg­u­la­tions safe­guard the anonymi­ty of win­ners exceed­ing $250,000. The for­tu­nate play­er can choose between the $560 mil­lion annu­ity pay­out or a one-time lump sum of $264.0 million.

This vic­to­ry marks the 14th time an Illi­noisan has claimed at least a share of the Mega Mil­lions jack­pot. While New York reigns supreme with 43 jack­pot wins, Illi­nois is prov­ing to be a lucky state for lot­tery play­ers. The last Illi­noisan to snag the grand prize was an anony­mous trust in July 2022, with a win­ning tick­et worth a stag­ger­ing $1.337 billion.

With odds of win­ning the Mega Mil­lions jack­pot at a mind-bog­gling 1 in 302,575,350, this life-chang­ing wind­fall will undoubt­ed­ly trans­form the anony­mous win­ner’s life. This win comes hot on the heels of anoth­er mas­sive win – a New Jer­sey play­er claimed a record-break­ing $1.13 bil­lion Mega Mil­lions jack­pot just a few months ago.