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New Year Brings Over $61 Million in Draw Game Prizes to Illinois Players January was filled with winning moments making it a great start to the new year for Illinois Lottery players. Throughout the month, players cashed in over 4,817,700 winning draw-based game tickets and took home prizes totaling more than $61 million. These wins […]

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