An Illinois Lottery retailer is celebrating after recently selling a jackpot-winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $700,000. The ticket was purchased for the Friday, April 11 midday drawing at a Shell gas station in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood, located at 130 West North Avenue. Manny J., owner of the Shell gas station, expressed with excitement, “Not only did we sell this big winning ticket, but less than a month ago, we sold a $50,000 winning $10 scratch-off ticket! I might be like a lucky penny,” he joked. The lucky player matched all five numbers in Friday’s midday drawing to score the $700,000 jackpot prize. The winning numbers were: 28-29-30-32-37. For selling the winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket, the store will receive a bonus of one percent of the prize amount. The lucky winner has one year from the date of the winning draw to claim their prize. The Illinois Lottery encourages the winner to write their name on the back of their winning ticket and keep it in a safe place until they’re ready to claim their prize. Lucky Day Lotto is an Illinois-only game with twice daily drawings at 12:40 p.m. and 9:22 p.m.  Tickets for the game can be purchased in-store, online, or on the Illinois Lottery app. For more information or to buy tickets online, please visit IllinoisLottery.com.

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