There was no winner in the $171 million Mega Millions lottery drawing last night, but two Chicago-area ticket buyers came close.
There were eleven second-prize winners matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000 each. Two of those tickets were sold in Illinois--one at a convenience store in Glen Ellyn and the second at a grocery store in Chicago.
Also, 48 tickets--including five in Illinois--matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $10,000.
Yoss, you gave me a good heart-skipping this morning. We hadn't checked our numbers yet. But alas, we aren't the lucky ones. It was fun to imagine for a few minutes anyway!
"The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith. " -Bertrand Russell V. Delong
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