Lottery officials announced Friday that an Illinois player has won over $1.4 million playing a FastPlay online game. The ...

Two lottery players in Illinois won top prizes in FastPlay games over the weekend, lottery officials announced on Monday.

An Illinois Lottery player is $1 million richer after they collected a jackpot from a ticket they purchased online.

The second player won $250,000. This year, over 5.6 million winning tickets have been sold for all of Illinois Lottery’s FastPlay games, netting players over $113 million in prizes. Tickets for ...

Illinois (18-11, 7-5) is on a roll after winning its last four games, including a weekend series sweep over Maryland (14-18, 3-9). This is the team’s first sweep this season. The series win marks the ...

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“To win," he said, "especially in these games, we need everybody.” Jakucionis has become the heart and soul of the Illini offense and, to a large extent, the team at large, leading Illinois ...