Illinois lottery player wins $1 million from online Powerball ticket

CHICAGO, Ill. (WICS) — An Illinois Lottery player is pocketing some big bucks after winning $1 million with Powerball, playing on their Illinois Lottery app.

The winning Powerball ticket was purchased online for the Wednesday, October 2 drawing and matched all five numbers in the drawing to score the $1 million prize. The winning numbers were: 1-2-21-37-43.

Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw to claim their prize.

While nobody hit the $274 million jackpot, another player in Indiana also matched five out of five numbers, winning $1 million as well.

The next Powerball drawing is Saturday, October 5 with an estimated jackpot of $295 million.

Powerball tickets are $2 each, and players have the option to add the Powerplay for an additional $1 for the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes.

Powerball drawings are conducted Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday evenings at 9:59 p.m.