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CHICAGO - An Illinois Lottery player won $700,000 after purchasing a Lucky Day Lotto ticket at a Jewel-Osco in Chicago.
"Occasionally when I go to the grocery store, I add a Quick Pick lottery ticket as part of my shopping list," laughed the lucky winner. "I didn’t even find out I won until a week or so after the drawing. That’s when I went to a Lottery machine to check if my ticket had won, and the machine said ‘Congratulations, You Won’ but I didn’t know what the prize was."
The ticket was bought for the Nov. 10 evening drawing at the Jewel-Osco located at 4660 West Irving Park Road in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood.
"Once I realized the prize was $700,000, I couldn’t believe it. I was in complete shock," the winner said. "I kept looking at my ticket to double check my numbers with the winning numbers. Even though everything matched, I kept thinking ‘Is this real?’"
The winning ticket matched all five numbers in the Lucky Day Lotto drawing, claiming the $700,000 jackpot. The winning numbers were 11-13-21-33-35.
A $700,000 jackpot-winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket was purchased for the November 10 evening drawing at Jewel-Osco, located at 4660 W. Irving Park Rd. in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood (Google Maps)
As for how the lucky winner plans to spend the exciting jackpot, he shared:
"I am planning a trip to Europe with my wife. I want to visit Portugal, Italy and Spain. It will be so nice to enjoy our trip, and this money gives us the opportunity to travel more often and take longer trips."
The Jewel-Osco on West Irving Park Road in Chicago will receive a one percent bonus, totaling $7,000, for selling the winning ticket.
For more information on the Illinois Lottery, click here.