Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ).

A lucky Powerball player in Illinois won $50,000, just missing the $66 million jackpot, lottery officials said. The ticket ...

and to win, definitely glad I got invited to play in this game.” The Illinois girls finished strong, scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter, their best 10-minute period of the tilt in front of ...

Two lucky Illinoisians took home the prize of the FastPlay Lottery by playing online Saturday. One player won the jackpot, ...

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

An Illinois iLottery player has won the highest jackpot of $1,432,831 with Cash Castle, the newest Illinois Lottery FastPlay ...

Lottery officials announced Friday that an Illinois player has won over $1.4 million playing a FastPlay online game. The winner played the new $30 progressive "Cash Castle" game and won $1,432,831, ...

BOTTOM LINE: Illinois State plays Troy in the National Invitation Tournament. The Redbirds’ record in MVC games is 15-7, and their record is 9-5 in non-conference games. Illinois State ranks ...