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Park City man finds old lotto ticket worth $50K

Cesar Pineda | Illinois Lottery(PARK CITY) A north suburban man checked an old lottery ticket at a gas station to discover he won $50,000 in November.

Cesar Pineda of Park City matched four numbers plus the Powerball in the Nov. 19 drawing, according to a statement from the Illinois Lottery. The winning numbers were 16 – 24 – 28 – 43 – 61 and the Powerball number was 21.

“I was recently paying for gas when I noticed the ticket in my wallet,” Pineda said. “I checked it right away and found out that I won!”

He said he plans to put his winnings toward the purchase of a house.

The BP gas station at 31667 N. U.S. Highway 12 in Volo received a bonus of $500, or 1 percent of the prize amount, for selling the winning ticket.

Man wins $200K lottery after playing fortune cookie numbers

                                                                                          photo credit: Illinois Lottery

(DES PLAINES)  A man won a $200,000 lottery prize after playing the lucky numbers found inside a fortune cookie.

Retired U.S. Postal Service worker Martin Fuentes, 73, purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket at 7-Eleven, 1950 E. Touhy Ave., in Des Plaines, according to a statement from the Illinois Lottery.

Fuentes said his mother told him to play the “lucky numbers” found inside a fortune cookie he just ate. The move paid off.

Fuentes told the Illinois Lottery that he plans on taking his family on a vacation with his winnings.

The Nov. 19 winning ticket was also shared with another person, who purchased their ticket at a tobacco store in Oak Lawn.

Each retailer will receive $2,000, or 1 percent of the prize amount, for selling the winning ticket, the Illinois Lottery said.

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