Lottery winners of prizes of $250,000 .Winners Come Forward for $1.3 Billon Lottery in Illinois.

Lottery winners of prizes of $250,000 or more can opt to remain anonymous in Illinois. The winners had 12 months from the date of the draw to claim the prize, and 60 days from the date of the draw to opt to take a lump sum payment.

Lottery Director Harold Mays and Illinois Lottery Claims Supervisor Denise Hernandez were pictured with a ceremonial check for the prize winning amount.

The Illinois Lottery generated $34 million for eduction from the sale of the game.

Retailers earned $3.75 million in payable commission and bonuses for selling winning tickets, and in total there were more than 1.4 million winning tickets in Illinois collecting $11.8 million in prizes, including four individuals who won prizes of $1 million.

A $1.53 billion Mega Millions win in 2018 remains the record for the game.