The winner of an Illinois Lottery ticket has less than two weeks to claim the $250,000 prize won last year.
The lucky ticket was purchased before October 29, 2023 and was drawn at Fairplay Finer Foods, located at 2200 South Western Avenue in Chicago. Winners have one year from the original drawing date to claim their prizes before they expire. As that date approaches, the Illinois Lottery is advising Lucky Day Lotto players to search their couch cushions and jacket pockets for the missing ticket.
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The unclaimed ticket is one of seven Illinois Lottery rewards — totaling nearly $4.5 million — that have yet to find their owner. Other missing winners include a ticket purchased from Huck’s at 319 E. Calumet Street in Centralia on March 23, 2024 and a ticket from ARCO purchased on July 6, 2024 at 2758 W. Peterson Avenue in Chicago.
This article originally appeared in Journal Star: Illinois Lottery seeks $250,000 winner. Ticket expires soon
