iLottery player in Illinois wins $1,809,642 jackpot

A new jackpot has been hit in the Illinois Lottery's FastPlay portfolio. An unidentified player won the $1,809,642 jackpot in the Ultimate Diamond Jackpot game.

This amount is the second largest prize awarded on FastPlay this year. The larger one was the $3.3 million jackpot paid out in July. The latest prize was recorded as the sixth big jackpot awarded since the FastPlay portfolio launched in 2020.

Ultimate Diamond Jackpot tickets cost $30. The jackpot starts at $75,000 and grows with every ticket sold until someone wins. The game also paid out a $1,694.919 prize in March this year.

This year in Illinois, more than 7.5 million winning FastPlay tickets have been sold, and a total of $158 million in prizes has been paid out. In FastPlay games, the result is seen instantly. Powerball and Mega Millions tickets cost $2. The odds of winning the jackpot in these two games are 1 in 292 million and 1 in 302 million, respectively. In FastPlay games, the odds vary by game.

Gambling is only for people aged 18 and over.