New lottery has Huntsville residents buying, playing

Lottery Post — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:56:28 GMT

When the Texas Lottery Commission revamped the Texas Lotto format in May, the game was advertised as a Whole New Ball Game. On Wednesday, several more new balls were thrown into that mix with the introduction of the Mega Millions multistate lottery game.Mega Millions, a massive game that is also played by residents in 10 other states, was introduced to Texans on Wednesday amid busy ticket sales.The first drawing, which is for a pot of $44 million, is set for tonight.While the rules of the game