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Jeffrey Dampier. Jeffrey Dampier Jr. (March 24, 1966 – July 26, 2005) was the winner of an Illinois Lottery jackpot worth US $20 million in 1996. He was murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend in 2005. [1]
Overview. The Illinois Lottery began operations on July 1, 1974, [1] when lotteries in the United States were confined to areas of the Northeast and Midwest. The drawings are supervised by an independent auditor who certifies the winning results. Illinois was the only single jurisdictional state lottery to have their drawings televised ...
CHF 64.6 million (US$72.8 million) was the largest winner in Switzerland 's Swiss Lotto, won on 2 March 2024. [75] £35.1 million (US$49.6 million) was the largest winner on the UK Lotto game in April 2016. €38.4 million (US$49.7 million) was the largest jackpot in the Netherlands draw of the Staatsloterij (State Lottery) in May 2013.
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WGN) - A west suburban man has claimed the largest prize in Illinois Lottery history. The Naperville resident won $265 million dollars on a Mega Millions ticket. He spent $5 on a ...
South Korean immigrant Janite Lee was working at a wig shop when she won $18 million in the Illinois lottery in 1993. Eight years later, when she filed for bankruptcy, she had less than $700 in ...
A $23.75 million lottery ticket was sold Thursday at a BP gas station in the Roseland neighborhood. It is the largest Illinois lottery winning in seven years. The co-owner of the gas station ...
WGN (weekly) Release. 1989. ( 1989) –. 1994. ( 1994) 100,000 Fortune Hunt is an American lottery -based game show originating in the state of Illinois. It debuted on September 16, 1989, and aired on Saturday evenings from 1989 to 1994 on WGN-TV in Chicago [1] (except for 1 year in 1993 when it aired on WBBM-TV ); it was also broadcast on WGN ...
Known for. Winning the Powerball in December 2002. Andrew Jackson Whittaker Jr. (October 9, 1947 – June 27, 2020) [1] was an American businessman in the construction industry. He was noted for being the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. His win of US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever ...