Mega Millions Draw Time: $ 1 Million Ticket Purchased at Roscoe Village 711 on West Belmont in Chicago

CHICAGO (WLS) – Someone bought a Mega-Millions ticket worth $ 1 million on Tuesday at a 7-Eleven store in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood.

This person has not yet come forward.

The store owner at 2341 W. Belmont Avenue, Krunal Patel, will also receive a bonus.

Patel said the doors of 7-Eleven recently opened in August and it was a pretty warm welcome to the neighborhood and a wish come true for the store.

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The store owner plans to share a portion of the 1% bonus for selling the winning ticket with his employees.

“What makes me happy, and what I love most about selling Illinois lottery tickets, is that these lottery winnings give someone else a chance to live a better life and help make their dreams come true. I tell my clients that if you win, I win, “Patel said. “I plan to use this sales bonus as an opportunity to invest in my employees and customers. My employees will receive a bonus, especially the one who sold the winning ticket and I will host a customer appreciation party – when the guidelines will allow that. I want our clients to see how much we want to be a part of this community and thank them for supporting us, especially during this time of Covid. “

There was a lot of excitement at the gas station later on Friday, as many bought tickets in hopes of being the next lucky winner.

“It couldn’t be more timely with everything that is going on, to have a jackpot like this to build excitement and take people away from some of the day to day activities that they have to deal with,” said Harold, Director of the Illinois State Lottery. Mays.

Loot fever started to escalate after Roscoe Village’s mini-market sold that million dollar bill.

“Oh yeah, I’m excited right now from the big $ 750 million jackpot. A lot of customers are excited to buy these tickets right now,” Patel said.

With the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots topping over $ 500 million for the second time, Video Connection’s two lottery machines in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood are in full swing.

“It was crazy. The line went out,” Charles Price told Video Connection.

But the odds of winning Friday’s $ 750 million Mega Million Jackpot by matching all five numbers – plus the Mega Ball – are pretty high at one in 302 million.

Powerball isn’t much better at one in 292 million.

According to some experts, you are more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than to win the top prize. There is a one in 50 million chance that this will happen.

But let’s say you beat the odds and the money you deposited on a ticket earns you the massive $ 550 million cash payout.

“I’m just trying my luck so that I can retire earlier,” Mega Millions player Tess Sylvester said. “I’m a nurse so I’m so tired.”

You can do that or spend the money on one of the most expensive cars in the world. A 2021 Bugatti Chiron costs $ 3.6 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at $ 750 million, the biggest prize ever in Illinois if it is won.

And there is now around $ 1.39 billion in jackpots up for grabs on both Mega Millions and Powerball. This is only the second time in the history of these games that the two jackpots have simultaneously combined with jackpots of over $ 600 million.

The next Mega Millions jackpot draw is at 10 p.m. Friday. The draw for the Powerball is Saturday.