The Illinois Lottery on Monday, St. Patrick's Day will hold events at two of the state's top ticket sellers, giving players an opportunity to win prize packs, instant tickets and branded merchandise. Illinois gained three new millionaires in the Illinois Lottery St. Patrick’s Day Millionaire Raffle. St. Patrick’s Day Millionaire Raffle is played like a typical raffle game with a finite number of tickets and prizes. Each $20 raffle ticket is sold in sequential order throughout the state. To win one of the 9,253 prizes to be awarded in the raffle, a player’s raffle ticket must exactly match one of the 9,253 winning numbers selected in Since the Oregon Lottery began selling tickets on April 25, 1985, it has earned more than $16.5 billion for economic development, public education, outdoor school, state parks, veteran services, and watershed enhancements. For more information on the Oregon Lottery visit www.oregonlottery.org. Contact: Melanie Mesaros Oregon Lottery 971-719-0464 The Oregon Lottery today held the state's sixth raffle drawing — the third it has held on St. Patrick's Day. The appropriately-named St. Patrick's Day Raffle resulted in one new millionaire and The St. Patrick’s Day Millionaire Raffle provides players a chance to win one of three (3) $1 million prizes, 250 $1,000 prizes and 9,000 $100 prizes. One out of every 43 tickets will be a winner. CHICAGO, March 12, 2025 – This St. Patrick’s Day, the Illinois Lottery is giving players the chance to ‘strike gold’ at two of Chicagoland’s luckiest lottery retailers! On Monday, March 17, Illinoisans are invited to test their luck, win exciting prizes, and enjoy interactive experiences at two stores that rank among the state’s top In addition to four $1 million top prizes, the St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle also awards five prizes of $100,000 and 500 prizes of $1,000. Peoria St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Monday, March 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM CT — Parade route from Monroe St. / Hancock St. to Adams St. / Main St. Illinois Lottery Retailer Events: Monday, March 17, 2025 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT — Lucky Mart, 2900 W. 87 St., Chicago, IL. Monday, March 17, 2025 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT — Kostner Korner About the Illinois Lottery: Founded in 1974, the Illinois Lottery has contributed over $22 billion (since 1985) to the state’s Common School Fund to assist K-12 public schools, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to the Capital Projects Fund and to special causes like homelessness prevention, Illinois Veterans services, the fight against breast cancer, MS research, Special Olympics This St. Patrick’s Day, the Illinois Lottery is giving players the chance to ‘strike gold’ at two of Chicagoland’s luckiest lottery retailers! On Monday, March 17, Illinoisans are invited to test their luck, win exciting prizes, and enjoy interactive experiences at two stores that rank among the state’s top 10 ‘winningest’ lottery According to a release, the Illinois Lottery will hold St. Patrick's Day events in the city and suburbs Monday offering players Instant Tickets, festive swag and a grand prize worth $100. Jerre Stowers of Divernon joins Carol Vymetal of Woodridge and Kevin McInerney of Naperville in a group of three Illinoisans to win the Illinois Lottery St. Patrick’s Day Millionaire Raffle. The "St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle" offers the best odds of becoming a millionaire for of any Illinois Lottery game and tickets are expected to sell quickly. When the Florida Lottery held a similar raffle, 250,000 tickets were sold in the first day -- half of the total tickets available for sale in Illinois. Illinois Lottery gives players a chance for free prizes on St. Patrick's Day Some players walked away with scratch-off tickets on Monday, while others got cold-hard cash. Posted March 17, 2025 5 Lottery drawing results for the Illinois Lottery St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle game, drawn on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. It's the original Millionaire Raffle game that you know and love with the best odds to win $1,000,000! The luck of the Irish was with a lot of Illinois Lottery Pick 4 players this St. Patrick’s Day, who played crazy eights and ended up winning big. CHICAGO – Those in search of more green this St. Patrick’s Day need to look no further than the Illinois Lottery’s new Lucky 7 instant tickets. Players with the luck of the Irish have the chance to win more than $1.7 million with the new Lucky 7 tickets. Batavian Wins Big in Illinois Lottery’s St. Patrick’s Day Raffle "I always play Raffle, I like the odds, especially now!" says Batavian Jeff White, who bought the ticket at the Batavia 7-Eleven.
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