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The owner of the store at 2341 W. Belmont Avenue, Krunal Patel, will also receive a bonus.
Patel said the doors to 7-Eleven opened recently in August, and that it has been a warm welcome to the neighborhood and a wish come true for the store.
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The store owner plans to share part of the 1% bonus to sell the winning ticket with their employees.
“What makes me happy, and my favorite part of selling the Illinois Lottery tickets, is that these lottery wins give someone else a chance to live a better life and help make their lives a reality. I tell my clients if you win, I win, “Patel said. “I plan to use this sales bonus as an opportunity to invest in my employees and customers. My employees will receive a bonus, especially one that has sold the winning ticket and I will have a customer thank you party, when the guidelines allow to customers to see how much we want to be part of this community and thank them for supporting us, especially during this Covid time. “
Last Friday there was a lot of excitement at the gas station as many bought tickets in hopes of being the next lucky winner.
“It couldn’t be more timely with everything that’s going on, having an award like this to spark a little excitement and take people away from some of the days they have to face,” said Harold, lottery director the state of Illinois. Mays.
The booty fever started to heat up after the Roscoe Village mini mart sold that millionaire ticket.
“Oh yeah, right now I’m excited about the $ 750 million grand prize. A lot of customers are thrilled to buy these tickets,” Patel said.
As both the Mega Millions and Powerball prizes topped $ 500 million for the second time, the two Video Connection lottery machines in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood are bubbling.
“It’s been crazy. The line has come out the door,” Charles Price told Video Connection.
But the odds of winning the $ 750 million Mega Millions prize on Friday by matching the five numbers, plus the Mega Ball, are pretty high – one in every 302 million.
Powerball is not much better at one in 292 million.
According to some experts, you are more likely to drop a coconut than not win the grand prize. There is one in every 50 million chances that happens.
But suppose you beat the odds and the money you dropped on a ticket gives you the huge $ 550 million cash payment.
“I’m trying my luck to be able to retire sooner,” said Mega Millions player Tess Sylvester. “I’m a nurse, so I’m so tired.”
You could do it or spend the money on one of the most expensive cars in the world. A 2021 Bugatti Chiron is priced at $ 3.6 million.
The Mega Millions Jackpot is now up to $ 750 million, the biggest prize in Illinois history if won.
And it is estimated that $ 1.390 billion will now be won in prize money in both Mega Millions and Powerball. This is only the second time in the history of these games that both simultaneous prizes were released with prizes in excess of $ 600 million.
The next mega Millions prize draw is at 10pm on Friday. The Powerball draw is on Saturday.
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