The Illinois Lottery was established in 1974. Total sales for the Ill Lottery exceed $1.7 Billion in 2005. The original Illinios Lotto game was launched on Feb. 19th 1983. The Illinois Lottery was founding state in "The Big Game", which is today's Mega Millions Lotto game. Illinois Lottery results are drawn at 9:22pm and 10:00pm Central time.