One Lucky Day Lotto ticket sold at Woodman’s Food Market in Lakemoor just turned into a $500,000 payday for an Illinois Lottery player who matched all five numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing. The winning numbers were 10, 15, 22, 35 and 44. Under Lottery rules, winners have up to one year from the draw date to claim their prize, and the retailer that sold the jackpot ticket will collect a one‑percent bonus.
Retail Bonus And Thursday Payouts
For Woodman’s, that one‑percent retailer bonus works out to a $5,000 check for selling the winning ticket, according to FOX 32 Chicago. Coverage of the drawings also noted that Thursday’s two Lucky Day Lotto pulls generated thousands of smaller winners, funneling several hundred thousand dollars into prize payouts across the state.
Woodman’s Has Seen Big Wins Before
This is not the first time the Lakemoor Woodman’s has had lightning strike on Lucky Day Lotto tickets. The same Route 120 grocery store sold one of two $550,000 winning tickets in March 2023, according to Shaw Local. That earlier score helped turn the store into a go-to stop for shoppers hoping a quick errand might come with a side of serious winnings.
Official Results And How To Claim
The Illinois Lottery evening results list WOODMANS FOOD MARKET INC at 27555 IL RTE 120 in Lakemoor as the retailer that sold the jackpot ticket and detail the prize breakdown for that draw. Using the Lottery’s published midday and evening results for Thursday, the totals come to roughly 28,771 winning tickets across both drawings and about $565,899 in payouts across all prize tiers, based on the Lottery’s results pages.
The Lottery’s claim guidelines are straightforward: sign the back of the ticket, keep it in a safe place, and for larger prizes either schedule an appointment at a Claim Center or mail in a completed claim. Lucky Day Lotto prizes must be claimed within one year of the draw date. Full instructions are available in the Illinois Lottery’s Claim Your Prize guide.
