ILLINOIS — The Lotto jackpot in Illinois has increased to the near-record breaking amount of $15.95 million after no one matched all six numbers for Saturday’s drawing.

The current record drawing stands at $16.5 million which was won in June 2020. The next shot for players to win, or for the jackpot to grow even larger, is Monday night’s drawing.


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According to the Illinois Lottery website, “Lotto is an Illinois-only $2 jackpot game with three chances to become a millionaire. Each play enters your numbers into three separate drawings: the Jackpot drawing with prizes from $2 up to the jackpot, plus Lotto Million 1, and Lotto Million 2, each with a prize of $1,000,000.”

Drawings happen three times per week: Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.