The Illinois Lottery has delivered another strong year of results — $3.76 billion in total sales, its second highest sales year, and $796 million in proceeds, its fifth best year for net income; resulting in $784 million in contributions to the Common School Fund to support K-12 public education and over $12 million to special causes in Illinois. These results were achieved despite a general slowing of lottery sales across the United States during fiscal year 2025, largely driven by the lack of multiple $1 billion+ jackpots in multi-state games like Mega Millions and Powerball. In a year without large jackpots, Illinois Lottery players still managed to win big, collecting over $2.5 billion in prizes generated from 109.5 million winning tickets. Almost 100 lucky players won a million dollars or more, with one Illinois player winning a Mega Millions jackpot of $349 million. This is the fourth Mega Millions jackpot win over $300 million for Illinois players in the past four years.  With Allwyn North America as the operating partner of the Illinois Lottery and its iLottery provider, the Lottery reached another digital milestone this year with record online sales of $702 million. For more information, please visit www.illinoislottery.com.

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