CHICAGO (Chambana Today) — Thousands of Illinois residents won a share of around $2.4 million in prizes yesterday in the Illinois Lottery’s Pick 4 game.
The winning numbers for the Pick 4 evening drawing on Thursday, November 13, were 7-7-1-7, with a FIREBALL number of 7.
Nearly 4,000 winning tickets were sold for the drawing, with almost 90 players each winning more than $1,000. The largest prize of $27,000 was won by an iLottery player, while the second-highest prize of $25,000 was won on a ticket purchased at Norridge Exxon, located at 8500 West Lawrence Avenue in Norridge, Illinois.
Winning retailers are also get a piece of the pie. Each retailer who sold a winning ticket will receive a 1% selling bonus based on the prize amount of the winning ticket sold at their location.
Winners have one year from the draw date to claim their prize. The Illinois Lottery encourages all lucky winners to sign the back of their ticket and keep it in a safe place until they are ready to claim their prize.
Pick 3 and Pick 4 plus FIREBALL are Illinois-only games with two draws daily. To play both Pick 3 and Pick 4 games, players can select their numbers and a style of play, and then choose the amount they would like to wager on the draw. Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are conducted daily at 12:40 PM and 9:22 PM CST.