Centralia Resident Wins Three Illinois Lottery Frenzy Prizes in May
CENTRALIA, IL — June 14, 2018 — Centralia resident Timothy Gibson won three $1,000 top prizes in May by playing the $1,000 Frenzy instant ticket. Gibson’s latest winning streak isn’t his first brush with lottery luck: two years ago, he won seven prizes in three weeks playing the Illinois Lottery’s $100 Million Money Mania ticket. He plans to use his latest windfalls to purchase a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Gibson purchased two of his winning tickets at Casey’s General Store, 808 Wabash Ave., in Centralia, and the third was purchased at Circle K, 150 N Mill St., in Nashville.
$1,000 Frenzy is a $20 instant ticket with 7,000 top prizes of $1,000, of which 4,356 have not been claimed. Illinois is the first state in the nation to offer a $20 $1,000 Frenzy ticket. For more information, please visit illinoislottery.com.
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