Lottery luck strikes again in Illinois !  An Illinois Lottery player has won the Mega Millions jackpot in Tuesday night’s drawing - a whopping $344 million.

The winning ticket was purchased at Casey's General Store, located on S. Somonauk Road in Cortland, Illinois. The newly-minted ‘mega millionaire’ matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball, 1-5-17-39-62-8, to score the coveted top prize of $344 million for the March 25, 2025 Mega Millions draw.

It's quite the win for the retailer, who will receive a cash bonus of $500,000 for selling the winning ticket.  Incredibly, this is the fourth Illinois Lottery player to win the Mega Millions jackpot in nearly four years:
• In June 2024, an iLottery player won $552 million – making this the largest prize ever won by an online lottery player in the U.S.
• In July 2022, a ticket bought at a gas station in Des Plaines won a $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot - which remains the largest lottery prize ever won in Illinois.
• In June 2021, a Mega Millions player won $56 million at a Citgo gas station in Crestwood.

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