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Someone who bought a lottery ticket in South Elgin recently is starting the new year a lot richer.
A winning Illinois Lottery ticket worth $10 million was purchased at the Speedway gas station at 1775 North La Fox Street, the lottery announced Saturday.
The Speedway receives a 1% selling bonus of $100,000.
The scratch-off game had three prizes of $10 million each; the first was won in downstate Alton last May, the second was purchased at Jewel-Osco in November in Countryside.
The lottery reports that more than 64 million winning scratch-off tickets, worth a total of more than $1.6 billion in prizes, were sold last year.
The Illinois Lottery currently offers a range of Instant Ticket games priced from $1 to $50, available at approximately 7,000 retail locations across Illinois.