Southlake gas station sells winning $19.5M Texas Lotto ticket

Comment #31

rdgrnr — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:42:19 GMT

As long as it's not Ted Coppell, I can't stand that guy.

Oh man.

He looks like the love child of Andy Griffith and Brett Baier.

Comment #30

THRIFTY — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 20:11:25 GMT

$19.5M is a great return on $1 spent.

Comment #29

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:32:20 GMT

The winner is a man from Coppell, which is a little north of DFW Airport. Not as affluent as Southlake, but not a slum either.

Comment #28

helpmewin — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:53:22 GMT

Comment #27

helpmewin — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:52:55 GMT

Comment #26

Gleno — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:21:37 GMT

Jamella,

That's a very noble attitutde and hope and pray that some day you will be blessed with an even bigger windfall

Comment #25

jamella724 — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:45:44 GMT

If I will win $19.5 million, I will donate half of the money to different charity institutions where a lot of under-privilege people will benefit. Then I will use the rest of the money to make an investment. If I will be blessed with a huge amount of prize I might as well share the prize other people.

Comment #24

LottoMetro — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 05:50:36 GMT

I'm pretty sure it is (I have been to the hotel and most of where this was shot), but there's places just like this in Marfa and all the border towns, and New Mexico too. I thought the film really brought out the feel you get when going through those places. I wish they would make a sequel but the Coen brothers don't like seqels.

Comment #23

ressuccess — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:15:27 GMT

Congratulations to this jackpot winning ticket.

Comment #22

haymaker — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:27:30 GMT

No Shell or Texaco stations around here,

all we have are stations you've never heard of, names like,

Wawa, Garden state gas, Velero, sunoco, Lukoil etc.

Comment #21

noise-gate — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 05:26:48 GMT

Is that gas station in Texas?- on a side note, did you honestly believe that he would survive in the end? - l did'nt. One of the luckiest S*B'S in film history given his movie track record.

Comment #20

LottoMetro — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:44:53 GMT

Haha that is one of my fave movies. I've actually been there and it is totally as the movie portrays it

Comment #19

noise-gate — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:31:07 GMT

Its a new day for you now- meaning that going forward you can start buying your tickets there, lightning has been known to strike more than once in the same place. Bring that baby home buckeye.

I often buy tickets in out of the way places as well, those hole in the wall spots can be a start of a whole new adventure if you won.

In the movie No Country For Old Men - Javier Bardem tosses a quarter in the air and tells the clerk Call it - now that's where l would not mind purchasing a winning... [ More ]

Comment #18

zirabamuzaale — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 04:11:46 GMT

Here in Flagstaff, Arizona, a gas station that had a winning Jackpot lottery for the state's Pick for almost a year advertized with a big leather poster in front of its windows that, that winning number had been sold at their gas station. If I am not mistaken, probably that is the only Jackpot of any lotto game that has ever been won in Flagstaff

Comment #17

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:08:09 GMT

Well that gas station is right on Texas 114 which is a major east/west highway, so it could be someone not from Southlake.

Comment #16

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:05:53 GMT

I am actually thinking about it. I usually buy them at the grocery store down the street from where I live. I don't live in Southlake, houses are a little expensive. But the houses going up where I live are pretty high too now.

I don't like the changes to Lotto. It only rolls $250,000 at a time now, though when it gets higher it will roll $500,000 or more. But it takes much longer to get to retirement money. I could be wrong but I think they made the changes because sales weren't enough to su... [ More ]

Comment #15

LottoMetro — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 02:56:03 GMT

Southlake is a very affluent place, hopefully it was won by either one of the tiny percentile of poor or someone passing through.

Comment #14

Piaceri — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 02:51:03 GMT

Oh so close! So will you start buying tickets there? Shell stations usually are lucky, as are Texaco stations.

Texas Lotto wins in 3 regions - DFW, El Paso, and the Valley. I think Houston may have one it, once. This one took sooooo long to grow. The new lotto is horrible.

Comment #13

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 02:11:02 GMT

Congratulation to the winners/s

Comment #12

Erzulieredeyes — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:09:45 GMT

I rarely ever see lotto signs posted in gas stations windows, but I would assume most Shells sell lottery tickets, at least they do here in Ohio.

Comment #11

Artist77 — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:54:59 GMT

oh so close. You had a glimpse from your co-workers as to what it would be like to win. Do all Shells sell lottery tickets? I never see lottery signs at them in Northern VA but also never go inside to ask either.

Comment #10

chrissy16 — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:33:59 GMT

Dang, that sucks. I wish it was somebody from here I would love to see that. But to my surprise a gas station, a Shell gas station. I mean who knew a 19 Million ticket would have been sold there.

Comment #9

JezzVim — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:31:28 GMT

What a way to fill his tank!! Congrats! Hope they use their heads with the winnings

Comment #8

Todd — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:08:27 GMT

There's another thread on the forums asking what people love about Lottery Post. You know what I love? We have such a deep and rich membership that I post a news story about a gas station, and a member here (a great long-termer too!) knows about that station and in fact buys gas there. That just makes me smile.

Comment #7

Gleno — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:23:24 GMT

Maybe I should try buying my lottery tickets at gas stations. ;-).

Surprised to find two instant scratch off tickets that were disgarded that had a $5.00 prize and a $10.00 prize.

Guess the players were in such a hurry to get to some place that they did not realize that they had winnings that they threw away. Still don't understand it but taking a second look might prove to be an interesting strategy.

Anyone else have similar experiences with instant scratch off tickets

Comment #6

cash4ninja — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:11:12 GMT

Not really a lot of times the winning numbers be all odd / prime numbers........

Comment #5

billionaire2bee — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:09:05 GMT

I guess you better start buying tickets there too then LOL

Comment #4

BuyLow — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:07:46 GMT

That's odd. lol...

Comment #3

RedStang — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:07:27 GMT

Nothing worse then being so close. Would of been funny if you called in sick.

Comment #2

cash4ninja — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:57:27 GMT

All odd numbers

Comment #1

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:03:18 GMT

I buy gas there sometimes, but never buy my tics there.

Everybody at work thought I was the winner, LOL.

I only wish.

Southlake gas station sells winning $19.5M Texas Lotto ticket

Lottery Post — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:25:19 GMT

What would you do with $19.5 million dollars?

A Southlake, Texas, gas station sold the $19.5 million winning ticket for Saturday's Lotto Texas jackpot, according to the Texas Lottery.

The winner, who chose the random Quick Pick option, has not been identified yet.

Today a lot of people came by to try their luck after learning the Shell station near North Kimball Avenue and Northwest Parkway had sold the drawing's only jackpot-winning ticket, employee Temesgen Desta said.

Desta said... [ More ]