St. Clair County man big lottery winner, plans to use funds to pay for daughter's college

MASCOUTAH — A Mascoutah resident John Wright is the latest lucky winner in the Illinois Lottery. He plans to use the funds in a good way to help his daughter pay for college.

Wright played a Million $$ Match ticket and instantly won a $100,000 prize.

“I feel so lucky!” he said when he presented his winning ticket at the Illinois Lottery Prize Center in Springfield.

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Wright was at Speedi-Chek, 1040 W. Main St., in Mascoutah, when he bought and scratched his Million $$ Match ticket.

“I was shocked when I saw the $100,000 prize amount! I signed the back of my ticket right away.”

Speedi-Chek received a $1,000 bonus, 1 percent of the prize amount, for selling a winning ticket.

Million $$ Match is a $30 instant ticket featuring three top prizes of $5,000,000, five prizes of $1,000,000 and 14 prizes of $100,000. Two of the $5,000,000 prizes, three of the $1,000,000 prizes, and eight of the $100,000 prizes, have not been claimed. For more information, please visit illinoislottery.com.

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