Loves Park woman wins Illinois Lottery

LOVES PARK— When Paige Adrian bought Illinois Lottery instant tickets to give to her family for Christmas, she decided to treat herself to a ticket too.

“I spent $1 on a $500 A Week For Life ticket for myself and I won the top prize – $500 a week for life!”

Adrian, 30, has lived in Loves Park for seven years.  She was at home when she scratched her winning ticket.

“I have heard lots of stories about people winning the Lottery, but I never thought it could happen to me!”

She chose to take her prize as a one-time cash payment of $392,000 (less withholding taxes).  Adrian plans to pay bills, invest and take a vacation.

The winning ticket was purchased out of the self-service lottery machine at Ruba’s BP, 7924 North Alpine Road in Loves Park.  The $500 A Week For Life is a $1 instant ticket offering six top prizes of $500 a week for life.  Three of the top prizes have not yet been claimed.

For more information, please visit illinoislottery.com.

About Illinois Lottery

Founded in 1974, the Illinois Lottery has contributed nearly $18 billion (since 1985) to the state’s Common School Fund to assist K-12 public schools, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to the Capital Projects Fund and to special causes like Illinois Veterans services, the fight against breast cancer, MS research, Special Olympics and assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS.

In addition to playing in-store, the Illinois Lottery offers online and mobile play for all draw-based Illinois Lottery games at illinoislottery.com.

Players must be at least 18-years-old.