Illinois Valley

$550,000 winning lotto ticket sold at Circle K East in Streator

Ticket was 1 of 2 grand-prize winners Sunday

A $550,000 winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket was purchased Sunday at Circle K East in Streator.

The ticket was one of two jackpot winners bought Sunday in Illinois, according to the Illinois Lottery. The other jackpot-winning ticket was bought online.

Both of these lucky players’ winning tickets matched all five numbers in Sunday’s midday Lucky Day Lotto drawing. The winning numbers were 1-5-9-12-22.

More than 34,000 winning tickets were purchased for the Sunday, April 27, midday Lucky Day Lotto drawing, with prizes amounting to more than $1.23 million for Illinois Lottery players.

For selling the winning ticket, Circle K in Streator will receive a 1% bonus of the prize amount, or $5,500.

Derek Barichello

Derek Barichello

Derek Barichello is the news editor for The Times in Ottawa and NewsTribune in La Salle, part of Shaw Local News Network, covering La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties. He covers local and breaking news in the areas of government, education, business and crime and courts, among others.