Somewhere there is an Illinois lawyer plotting a class action suit...
EVERY player (who could not win the big prizes) was defrauded into thinking they could. All they have to do is say they would not have bought that ticket knowing the biggest prize would be under 25K, but they were enticed by the promise of bigger winnings.
Enough with Illinois lawyers! Their sell-by date was 1865-04-15.
I used to work at a convenience store where we sold lottery tickets. (Ohio) Each month the state would send the company a check for each store in it’s chain a percentage of what that store sold for the month. It was supposed to go for education, but to my knowledge, it hasn’t. Why else would local cities keep putting levies on the voting ballots if so much money was coming from this fraudulent enterprise. To top that off - the state also sponsors gambler’s anonymous groups. Wow - just wow!