th. Three $150,000 college scholarship winners also will be drawn that day.
The Illinois Lottery will handle the drawings, which will continue throughout the summer. All Illinois residents who have been vaccinated are automatically entered to win. The prize money will be paid from federal grants Illinois has received to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The $1 million drawing on Thursday next week will be among three $1 million jackpots and 40 $100,000 cash prizes. After July 8th, three winners of $100,000 cash prizes will be chosen every Monday between July 12th and August 16th from a statewide pool.
On August 12th, 22 winners from regional drawings will be picked. Two winners will be drawn from each of the 11 regions in Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Restore Illinois reopening plan.