$1M winning Powerball ticket sold at Love’s Travel Stop in Rochelle

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ROCHELLE — A Powerball ticket purchased at Love’s Travel Stop, 400 Steward Road, is now worth $1 million after matching all five numbers in Monday night’s drawing.

The winner, who has not been identified, matched 24-33-35-37-42 to score the million dollar prize.

“While I don’t know who the winner is, it would be so nice if it’s one of our regular customers who lives in town,” Wade Embree, manager at Love’s Travel Stop in Rochelle, said in a news release. “Any day now, I’m hoping one of them will walk through the door and tell us ‘I’m a millionaire.’”

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Embree has been the manager at this Love’s location since it opened about five years ago.

“Rochelle isn’t a huge town, we have a population of just over 9,000,” Embree said. “Since we opened, residents here have done a fantastic job supporting our store. We are grateful to be located in such a kind and caring community.”

Love’s Travel Stop receives $10,000 as a 1% bonus for selling the winning ticket.

“I’m sure we will put that bonus to good use, making some updates and improvements to our store,” Embree said.

So far this year, eight Illinois Lottery players have won $1 million or more playing Powerball, half of which were in September.

The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is now an estimated $255 million.

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In total, more than 13,000 winning tickets were purchased by Illinois Lottery players for the Monday drawing, according to the Illinois Lottery.

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Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw to claim their prize.

The next Powerball drawing is at 9:59 p.m. Wednesday.