WHEN YOU WIN

Sign the back of your ticket.

Prizes up to $600

Visit any lottery retailer and collect your cash on the spot!
* Subject to availability of funds.

Prizes over $600 but less than $1 million

• Fill out a claim form while validating your ticket at any Illinois Lottery retailer and mail it in. You'll receive your check, less any taxes, in 4 to 6 weeks.
  
  
• You can also visit one of the following "Prize Centers" to receive winnings up to $25,000 immediately (less any taxes). For prizes over $25,000, the Prize Centers can mail your claim form for you.

Prizes of $1 million or more

Call the Lottery's Claims Office at 217-524-5147 for assistance.

Reminder! When you visit a Prize Center to file a claim, you need to bring a photo ID, AND some means of verifying your Social Security Number

WHERE DO THE LOTTERY PROFITS GO?

By law, profits from all regular Lottery games are deposited into the state's Common School Fund supporting kindergarten through 12th grade public education. Illinois students and schoolrooms receive nearly $623 million per year in Lottery revenue - about 9.6% of the state's annual contribution to K-12 education. From chalk to computer labs, the dollars you don't win back are going toward a winning cause.

The Illinois Lottery is additionally mandated to conduct lottery games to benefit specific causes. Through June 30, 2007, the Lottery has transferred $4.3 million to the Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure Memorial Fund to support breast cancer awareness programs and $3.4 million to the Veterans Assistance Fund to support programs for the benefit of Illinois military veterans. For more information please click here.

If you believe you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-252-1775 for assistance.