CHICAGO - Illinois Lottery players may not have taken home the nearly $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot Saturday night, but several still scored major prizes.
What we know:
Two players matched five numbers to win $1 million each, lottery officials said.
One ticket was purchased at a Citgo station at 5343 Touhy Ave. in Skokie. The other was bought through the Illinois Lottery app.
Four other Illinois players won $100,000 apiece. One of those tickets was purchased at a Shell station on North Avenue in Chicago.
The other winning tickets were sold in Lemont, Gilman and through the app.
The backstory:
The Powerball drawings began June 2. Since then, nearly 1.7 million winning tickets have been sold in Illinois, totaling more than $20 million in prizes, according to lottery officials.
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