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Mega Millions lottery winner worth $227 million sold in TexasNews Story
Update: Additional information about retailer and historical context By Todd Northrop A single ticket sold in Texas matched the winning numbers from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing and is worth an estimated $227 million. The Texas Lottery announced that the ticket was sold at the Lakeline Express Mart on 2004 N. Lakeline Boulevard in Cedar Park. The retailer is eligible to receive a $1 million retailer bonus for selling the jackpot-winning ticket, which was a quick pick. The ca
Sep 25, 2019, 8:14 am - Lottery News

$1 million Mega Millions ticket sold in North Texas set to expireNews Story
Did you forget to check any lotto tickets you bought late last year? We hope you didn't throw them away! The Texas Lottery announced Thursday that a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million remains unclaimed after its January 1, 2019 drawing. And the time to claim it is about to expire. According to the statement, the winning Quick Pick ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven at 4180 E. Renner Road in Richardson, Texas. The ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers drawn: 34, 44, 57, 62
Jun 21, 2019, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery to add new Fireball feature to Pick 3 and Daily 4News Story
Replaces Sum It Up feature Texas Lottery players will soon have more chances to win when they play Pick 3 and Daily 4 by purchasing Fireball, a new add-on feature for both daily draw games. Fireball will replace the Sum It Up! feature starting Sunday, April 28. The first drawings for Pick 3 plus Fireball and Daily 4 plus Fireball will be Monday, April 29. We are excited to refresh Pick 3 and Daily 4 with the launch of the Fireball add-on feature, said Gary Grief, executive director of
Apr 26, 2019, 8:53 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery generated more than $100 million in one week from scratch-off ticket salesNews Story
The Texas Lottery has, for the first time in its history, sold more than $100 million in scratch ticket sales in just one week. From Dec. 23, 2018 to Dec. 29, 2018, scratch ticket sales totaled $100,776,586, shattering the old record of $99,679,358 achieved in March of 2018. This is a very special time for the Texas Lottery as we continue to experience unprecedented growth and we are especially thrilled to celebrate this tremendous record week of scratch ticket sales, said Gary Grief, execut
Jan 7, 2019, 8:51 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins $15M Lotto Texas jackpotNews Story
Someone who purchased a lottery ticket in Wichita Falls, Texas, won a $15.25 million jackpot Wednesday. The winner purchased the ticket at Fill N Chill in the 3100 block of Northwest Freeway. The Quick Pick ticket matched all six of the numbers drawn (3, 8, 13, 25, 33, and 44). The cash value option was selected at the time of purchase and the claimant will receive $10,004,308.25. The prize has not yet been claimed. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim the prize. If y
Nov 2, 2018, 3:57 pm - Lottery News

Texas lottery winner battled Alzheimer's as daughter stole $250,000News Story
Not long after Austin widow Billie Lawler matched all five numbers in the Mega Millions in 2005, her health began to erode along with her $750,000 prize. She hoped to live out the balance of her life at a high-end Alzheimer's care facility, but was evicted after about a year when she no longer could make the $5,000 monthly rent, prompting a court-ordered investigation that revealed her daughter had burned through her mom's money a crime against the elderly that prosecutors and judges say is c
Jun 3, 2018, 4:28 pm - Lottery News

$1M Texas lottery ticket to expire WednesdayNews Story
The Texas Lottery is searching for a Mega Millions winner who has only one day left to claim a $1 million prize. Texas Lottery officials said the ticket, which matched winning numbers 16, 22, 40, 41, and 59, but not the Mega Ball 8, in the Dec. 1, 2017, drawing, will expire at 5 p.m. CDT Wednesday. The ticket was purchased from Valero Corner Store #1307 in Austin, officials said. We encourage our Mega Millions players to take another look at their ticket, check the numbers again and if
May 29, 2018, 1:00 pm - Lottery News

$14.25 million Texas Lottery jackpot claimed two days before expirationNews Story
By Todd Northrop A $14.25 million Texas Lottery ticket that was bought in Abilene over the summer has been claimed just two days before it was set to expire. The Texas Lottery Commission says AHSODESKA Trust, Catherine Kim Fowlkes, Trustee, of Abilene claimed the Lotto Texas jackpot prize on Tuesday on behalf of an unidentified winner. The ticket was purchased at HEB on Barrow Street in Abliene. The winning numbers 3, 4, 6, 23, 34, and 54 were drawn on June 17. If not claimed, the ti
Dec 13, 2017, 8:49 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery sets new $5.077 billion sales recordNews Story
Nets $1.313 billion for Texas public schools and $16.2 million for Texas veterans Players won more than $3.3 billion in prizes Even without the benefit of a record-setting jackpot like 2016's $1.6 billion Powerball prize, the Texas Lottery achieved $5.077 billion in sales for fiscal year 2017, breaking the sales record it set just last fiscal year and resulting in a total contribution of $1.334 billion to Texas schools and veterans. This is the seventh consecutive year that the Texas L
Sep 27, 2017, 10:11 pm - Lottery News

Texas plan would tap lottery revenue for teacher bonusesNews Story
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Thursday unveiled a plan to boost teacher pay beyond the $1,000 raise called for by Gov. Greg Abbott, and to ultimately pay for it by requiring school districts to reallocate existing funds and, if voters agree, earmarking the first $700 million in lottery money, that already goes to education, for teacher salaries. Patrick compared his plan, which he hopes to see enacted at the special session that gets underway Tuesday, to what he called House Speaker Joe Straus' Ponzi
Jul 13, 2017, 3:21 pm - Lottery News