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Two Illinois lottery players will become millionaires after each purchased a $1 million winning Powerball ticket for Wednesday night’s drawing.

School bus driver Russell Ruff was feeling a bit superstitious when he bought a lotto ticket on Friday, June 13

Since the win, Ohio has been on a Powerball hot streak with at least a dozen big wins so far this month. CLICK HERE to read more.

No ticket matched all six numbers to win the $216 million jackpot, resulting in a rollover, according to Florida Lottery officials. The next drawing, scheduled forJuly 12, will offer an estimated $234 million jackpot with a cash value of $106.6 million.

One man in West Des Moines had some good luck this week. William Rogers won a $100,000 Powerball prize. The best part? He picked his own numbers. Rogers was just one number away from the $175 million jackpot. The state's largest unclaimed lottery prize as of May 13 is $50,000 — in fact, there are two $50,000 prizes waiting to be claimed.