Illinois man bought a lottery ticket during his work break. He came back with a $1 million prize

NewsWorldAmericasIllinois man bought a lottery ticket during his work break. He came back with a $1 million prizeThe winner, who has been referred to only as ‘Lucky,’ has won around 20 prizes in other lottery gamesOwen Scott Thursday 30 April 2026 09:35 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2967842","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/illinois-lottery-lucky-mobil-gas-station-b2967842.html","title":"Man bought a lottery ticket on his work break - and came back a millionaire"}}CloseUnlucky duo busted for 'stealing over 300 scratch-off lottery tickets in store robbery'The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"Americas","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":fal...