Illinois lottery wheels
Illinois has 2 lotto-style games: Illinois Lotto and Lucky Day Lotto. It also sells Powerball and Mega Millions. Choose a game to mark your numbers and see what each wheel guarantees, or read on for how the Illinois games compare and how to play a wheel there.
Illinois lotto games compared
| Game | Numbers | Per line | Draws a week | Top prize | Top prize odds | A small wheel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Lotto | 6 of 50 | $2 | 3 | Jackpot, from $2 million | 1 in 15,890,700 | 10 numbers, 10 tickets, $20 a draw; comes into play on 1 in 12 draws |
| Lucky Day Lotto | 5 of 45 | $1 | 14 | Jackpot, from $100,000 | 1 in 1,221,759 | 10 numbers, 17 tickets, $17 a draw; comes into play on 1 in 15 draws |
* The smallest wheel that guarantees a three-number match whenever three of the winning numbers are among the ones you mark. Each game's page has bigger and smaller wheels.
Which Illinois game suits a wheel?
- For a guarantee that comes into play most often: Illinois Lotto. With 10 of its 50 numbers marked, three winning numbers land among yours on 1 in 12 draws, about once every 4 weeks.
- For the lowest cost per line: Lucky Day Lotto, at $1 a line.
- For the longest odds and usually the biggest top prize: Illinois Lotto, at 1 in 15,890,700 per line.
Buying tickets in Illinois
- You can buy them online on the lottery's own website and app, as long as you're in Illinois.
- Ticket courier services aren't allowed in Illinois.
- To play a wheel in a store, copy each line onto an official playslip, or read your lines to the clerk.
For official rules, results and retailers, visit the Illinois Lottery. LotteryWheels.com is independent and not part of the Illinois Lottery.
National games in Illinois
Other Illinois Lottery games
The Illinois Lottery also runs Pick 3, Pick 4, HotWins and FastPlay. Wheels don't apply to those: they only help with games where you pick several numbers from one pool.