The Illinois Lottery is huge and over 600 million people have bought tickets.
For those who are interested, there IS a patron saint of lotteries, lottery tickets and lottery winners.
St. Pantaleon. According to Wiki, from where I got the icon picture and this information through the mediation of an American seminarian....Pantaleon was converted finally after messing about in medicine.
St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote regarding this incident:
He studied medicine with such success, that the Emperor Maximian appointed him his physician. One day as our saint was discoursing with a holy priest named Hermolaus, the latter, after praising the study of medicine, concluded thus: "But, my friend, of what use are all thy acquirements in this art, since thou art ignorant of the science of salvation?
OK, it you buy a ticket, pray to this saint and win something, you can help out me, STM. I only want a few things-but, despite the fact there is a patron saint, I do not advise gambling...God bless all.