CT (during WGN's 9 p.m. newscast); the numbers are also immediately relayed minutes later on Chicago area all-news radio station WBBM (780 AM/105.9 FM), which formerly also broadcast the drawings until 2006 when the radio broadcasts of the drawings were discontinued in order for WBBM to maintain its "news wheel" schedule.
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Potential contestants purchased a $100,000 Fortune Hunt scratch-off ticket from an Illinois Lottery retailer.
Powerball numbers now are televised via Chicago-based cable superstation WGN America (available on most cable, IPTV and satellite providers in the state; it also carries Mega Millions due to the Illinois Lottery's participation in both games) or on the lottery's website.
The show was produced at WCVB-TV by Jonathan Goodson Productions, and all of its games and its theme were virtually identical to the Illinois state lottery game show Illinois Instant Riches (later Illinois Luckiest).