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Jeffrey Dampier Jr. (March 24, 1966 – July 26, 2005) was the winner of a 1996 Illinois Lottery jackpot of US$20 million (equivalent to $35.9 million in 2023). He was murdered by his sister-in-law and her boyfriend in 2005. [1]
Illinois Lottery proceeds currently benefit three major areas: 1) the state's Common School Fund (CSF), which helps finance K–12 public schools; 2) The Capital Projects Fund, used for infrastructure improvements and job creation and 3) special causes like Illinois veterans, breast cancer charities and research, assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS, and multiple sclerosis research.
The December 29, 2010, drawing of the multi-state lottery game Hot Lotto featured an advertised top prize of US$16.5 million. [21] On November 9, 2011, Philip Johnston, a resident of Quebec City, Canada, [5] phoned the Iowa Lottery to claim a ticket that had won the jackpot; stating he was too sick to claim the prize in person, he provided a 15-digit code that verified the winning ticket.
A big lottery win should be a joyous time, but for some in Illinois, it's become a frustrating one. According to the Chicago Tribune, payouts exceeding $25,000 have been temporarily suspended in ...
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Joan Ginther was an American four-time lottery winner. She first won the lottery in 1993, when she won $5.4 million in Lotto Texas (equivalent to about $11.4M in 2023). Her next win came in 2006 when she won $2 million in the Holiday Millionaire scratch-off. Her third win happened in 2008, when she won $3 million from a Millions and Millions ...
An Illinois Lottery player has won $1 million with a winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket sold at a Loves Park gas station. The winning ticket was purchased for the April 22 midday drawing at Fas Mart ...
James Phillip Rome (born October 14, 1964) is an American sports radio host. His talk show, The Jim Rome Show, is syndicated by Infinity Sports Network. Broadcasting from a studio near Los Angeles, California, Rome hosts The Jim Rome Show on radio. He hosted TV shows on ESPN, TSN2 (in Canada), Showtime and CBS, but since 2024 has streamed on X.