Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Illinois

By Amy Cavanaugh in News on Mar 31, 2012 5:30PM

Well, the site is still being updated today, so none of the weekend staff won the lottery last night. But someone bought a ticket in Red Bud, a tiny city in southwestern Illinois, and scored $213.3 million. The winner splits the prize with two other grand prize tickets that were sold in Maryland and Kansas.

But a couple Chicago residents aren't doing too badly today—12 second place tickets worth $250,000 were sold in Illinois and three of them were in Chicago. One person added the "Megaplier" feature, which means they snagged $1 million last night. The $1 million ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven at 1750 West Foster Avenue in Chicago. (If we know you, here's a reminder that our birthday is fast approaching).