I don’t know what you did this past Saturday, but there’s one person in Illinois that likely bested all of us as they picked up what turned out to be a million dollar ticket at a small convenience store, but their identity is unknown.
This is 1156 S York Road in Bensenville, Illinois. It’s a small unassuming convenience store that is now known for something big
According to the Illinois Lottery’s Unclaimed Prizes page, someone stopped by this 7-Eleven on Saturday, August 9, 2025 and picked up a Powerball ticket. That ticket is now worth a staggering $1,000,004. Can you imagine an impulse buy on a weekend suddenly turning you into a millionaire? As of the date of this writing, the winner’s identity remains unknown. It could be they don’t know they have the winning ticket yet or they may be getting their legal stuff in order to prepare for their incoming wealth. Either way, they have one full year to claim this remarkable prize before it goes into the Illinois Common Education Fund.
How much cash would you take home from a million dollar Powerball winning ticket?…