Belleville store sells $5.6M Lotto ticket

A Lotto ticket worth $5.6 million was sold at a Belleville liquor store, the Illinois Lottery announced Tuesday.

The ticket was purchased at Royals Liquor at 1805 North Belt West, according to an Illinois Lottery news release.

The six winning numbers are 5, 18, 27, 33, 40 and 49. They were drawn Monday night.

As of Tuesday, the person with the “life-changing windfall” had not yet claimed the $5.6 million prize, according to the news release.

Royals Liquor will get a bonus of $56,000, or 1%, of the winning ticket.

Bhavik Patel, co-owner of the store, told the Illinois Lottery that he first thought someone was pranking him when he got a call saying Royals Liquor had sold a multi-million dollar ticket.

“I’m still in shock but very excited that someone won that much money,” Patel said in the news release. “Customers are starting to hear that we sold the winning ticket, and I’m sure the store will be buzzing with excitement by the end of the day.”

This story was originally published March 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM.