Illinois Lottery Player Wins $800,000 Playing Lucky Day Lotto Online
An online Illinois lottery player is celebrating after winning $800,000 in a Lucky Day Lotto drawing over the weekend.
The player matched all five numbers in Sunday's midday drawing to win the jackpot. The winning numbers were: 15, 22, 28, 36, and 28.
Illinois Lottery Player Wins $800,000 Playing Lucky Day Lotto Online
Lottery officials in Illinois said over 17,500 winnings tickets were sold during that Lotto drawing, but only one hit a major jackpot win! Though tickets can be purchased in-store or online, this winner won straight through the Illinois Lottery app.
This winner's name wasn't revealed, but an Illinois man named Thomas also played the FastPlay Luxury Loot online and just won $124,343. The Illinois Lottery actually featured him on their official Instagram with his face and all!
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These winnings got me wondering how much you'd really have to win in order to quit your job and be comfortable living off the money.
How big of a jackpot do you need to quit your job and retire early?
According to a certified financial planner, Pagliarini, he shared how much you'd actually need to retire comfortably.
“you basically want to replace 100% of your income,” [cnbc]
He said “there are so many variables” to look at when you are trying to determine how much money someone would really need to support their lifestyle, and their family's lives.
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Though plenty of Illinois residents are winning every single day, sometimes the jackpot isn't enough to fully go into retirement mode. $100,000 win a handful of years ago used to be a lot, but now it's really nothing.
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