Travis Funk, 28, from Chicago's Old Town area displays his numbers at the 7-Eleven store at Franklin & Lake streets Thursday evening. I Scott Stewart~Sun-Times

A Mega Millions lottery contestant buys his ticket for Friday's $500 million game at a corner newsstand in New York, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Forget setting up a charity or establishing a trust, the winner of the $500 million Mega Millions jackpot could save teachers' jobs or help pay for Medicaid-funded doctor appointments in their home state just by paying taxes. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Darren Dhillon, owner of Fairmont Wine & Liquors in Vacaville, Calif., updates his Mega Millions jackpot sign at his checkout counter Thursday, March 22, 2012. Friday's lottery jackpot is estimated at $290 million. (AP Photo/The Vacaville Reporter, Rick Roach) MANDATORY CREDIT

A Mega Millions lottery contestant buys his ticket for Friday's $500 million game at a corner newsstand in New York, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Forget setting up a charity or establishing a trust, the winner of the $500 million Mega Millions jackpot could save teachers' jobs or help pay for Medicaid-funded doctor appointments in their home state just by paying taxes. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Mega Millions lottery contestants queue up for tickets for Friday's $500 million game at a corner newsstand in New York, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Forget setting up a charity or establishing a trust, the winner of the $500 million Mega Millions jackpot could save teachers' jobs or help pay for Medicaid-funded doctor appointments in their home state just by paying taxes. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Silas Watkins selects numbers for a Mega Millions lottery ticket at the Farragut Market Thursday, March 29, 2012 in Knoxville, Tenn. With a half-billion-dollar multistate lottery jackpot up for grabs, plenty of folks are fantasizing about how to spend the money. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Michael Patrick)

Lisa Winding fills out tickets while shopping for the Mega Millions at the Thorntons at 9138 S. Cicero in Oak Lawn, IL on Thursday March 29, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Lisa Winding fills out tickets while shopping for the Mega Millions at the Thorntons at 9138 S. Cicero in Oak Lawn, IL on Thursday March 29, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

A Mega Millions lottery contestant uses his fortune cookie's lucky numbers to mark his entry for Friday's $500 million game at a corner newsstand in New York, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Forget setting up a charity or establishing a trust, the winner of the $500 million Mega Millions jackpot could save teachers' jobs or help pay for Medicaid-funded doctor appointments in their home state just by paying taxes. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Kathy Babcock kisses her Mega Millions lottery tickets at the Farragut Market Thursday, March 29, 2012 in Knoxville, Tenn. With a half-billion-dollar multi-state lottery jackpot up for grabs, plenty of folks are fantasizing about how to spend the money. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Michael Patrick)

Carl Williams, left, buys a ticket from Thomas Hall while shopping for the Mega Millions at the Thorntons at 9138 S. Cicero in Oak Lawn, IL on Thursday March 29, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Jackie Webb, sales manager at Webb Chevrolet, shows off some of the 110 Mega Millions tickets the business bought and will give away during a sales promotion at the dealership in Oak Lawn, IL on Thursday March 29, 2012. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Yusef Chaney buys a Mega Millions lottery ticket from Jonathan Johnson at the lottery station at 1208 E. 53rd. Monday, March 26, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times

Danny Roseth, 26, from Chicago's Gold Coast shows off his $1 ticket Thursday evening. This was the first time Roseth has played the lottery. I Scott Stewart~Sun-Times

David Arreola, 31, from Chicago's West Side shows off his $5 tickets Thursday evening. I Scott Stewart~Sun-Times

Linlee Elbert, 27, from Lakeview shows off her numbers at the 7-Eleven store at Franklin & Lake streets Thursday evening. I Scott Stewart~Sun-Times

Bonnie McHugh, 42, of Park Ridge, Illinois, with her Illinois Mega Millions lottery tickets. I Scott Stewart~Sun-Times