Illinois Lottery Still In Crisis... Whopping $288 Million Still Not Paid Out

This group of Chicago city employees won $1 million and haven't been paid.

The state of Illinois recently announced that it was not paying out any Illinois Lottery winnings worth more than $600 until its budget crisis is resolved.

But it's still running TV ads promoting the lottery.

Tom Zimmerman is an attorney representing the winners.

An attorney representing some of the winners, Tom Zimmerman, has said there is a staggering $288 million in winnings waiting to be paid out.

Susan Rick shows her $250,000 winning ticket.

One winner, Susan Rick, told INSIDE EDITION: “We won. We finally can have a comfortable life. Suddenly you're gonna pull the rug out from underneath us. We had a ticket for $250,000.”

A group of Chicago city employees had joined a lotto pool and won a million dollars - but they still haven’t seen a penny of it either.

Rhonda Rasche (front, second left) has joined the other lotto winners who are suing to get their money.

Rhonda Rasche, a 49-year-old hospital clerk, said that after winning $50,000 in a scratch-off lotto, officials told her she'd receive a check in the mail in four to six weeks.

That was a few months ago. “I've been waiting for a check for $50,000,” she said.

Zimmerman, their attorney, said: “If any private business would engage in this kind of conduct selling tickets and not paying out the winner. The state would shut them down and indict them for fraud."

WATCH: A whopping $288 million is still waiting to be paid out to winners in the Illinois State Lottery.

SOURCE: Yahoo News

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