Kane County Reporter

The Village of Big Rock had the 684th highest lottery ticket net sales statewide per capita for the month of January 2016 -- up 52 spots from its December ranking.

The per capita lottery ticket sales in Big Rock was $17.31 per person.

Based on monthly sales records obtained by the Kane County Reporter, Big Rock generated $20,171 in net sales from its one lottery retailer in January 2016, compared to $7,527.50 in January 2015.

The Village of Big Rock is in Kane County, and has a population of 1,165, according to 2010 census data. Neighboring municipalities are Sugar Grove.

Average sales for municipalities in the region in January 2016 was $40,797.99.

Big Rock's top lottery retailer is Bigrock Mart located at 46W499 Granart Rd, Big Rock, IL 60511.

Bigrock Mart generated 100 percent of Big Rock's January 2016 lottery ticket sales and 1 percent of Kane County's sales that month, which was $5,507,729.50.

A close look at sales by city shows that the top five cities with the highest lottery revenue per capita in Kane County in 2015 were West Dundee, Hampshire, North Aurora, South Elgin and Algonquin.

Statewide, the top five cities with the highest lottery revenue per capita were Forest View, Burnt Prairie, McCook, Mapleton and Merrionette Park.

The top five cities in the state generated $5,496,719 in net sales -- 1 percent of the state's 2015 net sales amounting to $2,793,271,709.50.