A ticket sold at a BP gas station on Chicago’s Southwest Side matched all six numbers in the Monday, Oct. 26, Illinois Lotto drawing, winning the game’s $7.4 million jackpot, the Illinois Lottery said.
The ticket was sold at the BP at 6751 W. Archer Ave. The winning numbers were 6-12-13-14-30-42. The same ticket matched two of six numbers on another line, worth an extra $2, according to the Lottery.
The store will receive a $74,000 bonus for selling the ticket, equal to 1% of the prize, the Lottery said.
The station’s manager, identified by the Lottery only as Abraham, said he has run the store for nearly 20 years and that it sold a $100,000 Lucky Day Lotto ticket a few months ago.
“I hope it was one of our regulars,” he said in the Lottery’s announcement.
The Lottery did not say whether the winner has come forward.
The prize is the third-largest Lotto jackpot won this year, according to the Lottery. A ticket sold at a True North in Bartlett won $11.6 million in the Jan. 24 drawing. A ticket sold at a Tony’s Fresh Market in Chicago won $10.25 million in the Aug. 1 drawing.
Winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes. The Lottery advises winners to sign the back of their tickets and keep them somewhere safe until they claim them.
Lotto is an Illinois-only game with drawings on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.