ROCKFORD, Ill. — An Illinois lottery player won a whopping $900,000 on a ticket bought at a supermarket in Rockford.
The winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket was purchased for the June 22 drawing at Stop N Shop, located at 2501 North Huffman Boulevard.
“The winner came in Sunday morning, scanned the ticket, and gasped and his face turned bright red when he realized he was holding a jackpot-winning ticket,” explained Raj Patel, store manager at Stop N Shop. “He was ecstatic, of course, they couldn’t believe it! He’s a town local and a regular customer we see a few times a week.”
The winning ticket matched all five numbers, which were: 8-11-14-33-34.
“The winner was absolutely thrilled. ‘It’s a nice life-changing amount,’ he told me,” added Patel. “My advice to our players? Dream big and take a chance on a ticket. This just proved that dreams can come true and I’m so happy for the winner.”
The Stop N Shop will receive a selling bonus of one percent of the prize amount, or $9,000.