Illinois Seeks Mystery $1M+ Winner—Ticket Sold Here

If you picked up a ticket at a small Illinois building recently, it's time for you to locate it and check it. The Illinois Lottery is looking for a mystery person who is now a millionaire, but they don't seem to know it yet.

This is the Cheese Shack located at 545 Sheridan Road in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois

According to the Illinois Lottery, someone stopped by this tiny shop on Monday, March 30, 2026 and picked up a Lucky Day Lotto ticket. That ticket is now worth a staggering $1,050,016! Do these numbers look like something you have on a piece of paper somewhere?

Since this happened only a few days ago, it's possible that the winner is getting all their ducks in a row (or buying new ducks), but as of this writing, the Illinois Lottery has this on their Unclaimed Prizes site.

What would the take home amount be for a million dollar winning Illinois lottery ticket?

Everyone's tax situation is different, but an online lottery winnings tax calculator estimates the winner would take home between $640,000 and $710,000. Nice. Whoever stopped in this small Winthrop Harbor, Illinois place has a full year to come forward and claim their prize. For them, inflation is no longer a worry. Wouldn't that be a nice problem to suddenly have?