CHICAGO — A lucky Illinois iLottery player is making his wife’s dreams come true after he snagged a jackpot worth more than $2.5 million on a Fast Play game.
The big winner hit the $2.66 million jackpot prize while playing Ultimate Diamond Jackpot on the Illinois Lottery app, a progressive Fast Play game that offers players the chance at a jackpot that starts at $75,000 and climbs each time a ticket is sold statewide, online and in-store.
The newly minted millionaire said he snagged the jackpot prize while sitting at home watching TV with his wife, who is his high school sweetheart, and the big win caught him off guard.
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“My wife and I had just sat down to watch one of our favorite TV shows, and I opened my Illinois Lottery app at the same time to play the Fast Play Ultimate Diamond Jackpot game. However, I got distracted by the TV show and didn’t pay much attention to my app. Next thing I knew, I looked at my phone and it said I won the $2,661,339 jackpot,” the jackpot winner said…