
The $250,000 Crossword is a $10 instant ticket with a top prize of $250,000, officials said. Other awards possible include $25,000 and $50,000.
“My heart started racing when I saw that I won $250,000. I couldn’t believe my luck,” Yermolenko said in a statement.
The Arlington Heights man said he plans go on a tropical vacation after winning $250,000 from the scratch-off lottery ticket, Illinois Lottery officials said Wednesday February 8, 2017. Yermolenko said when he returns from his vacation, he hopes to buy a house.
The operators of the 7-Eleven store on Clark Street in Chicago received $2,500 (1 percent of the prize amount of the the winning ticket sold, according to lottery officials.
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