Winning $17M lottery ticket bought at 7-Eleven in North Dallas
Did you recently buy a Lotto Texas ticket from the 7-Eleven at 7650 Campbell Road? If so, you could be North Texas' latest multimillionaire.
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Did you recently buy a Lotto Texas ticket from the 7-Eleven at 7650 Campbell Road? If so, you could be North Texas' latest multimillionaire.
The Multi-State Lottery Association, which coordinates the Mega Millions, has engineered the game to generate huge sums.
There has not been a Mega Millions jackpot winner since April 18.
The pot of gold soared after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's estimated $1.1 billion grand prize.
Collin County is home to another million-dollar lottery winner.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are approximately one in 302.58 million.
The second-tier winning ticket with self-picked numbers matched all five of the white ball numbers drawn (7-10-11-13-24), but not the red Powerball number (24).
There have been no Mega Millions jackpot winners since April 18.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about one in 302.58 million.
The winning Powerball ticket was purchased in Los Angeles. The grand prize was the third largest in the game's history since it started in 1992.
The last time somebody won the Powerball jackpot was back on April 19, when a ticket purchased in Ohio matched all six numbers to bring home a $252.6 million prize.
Someone in Weatherford won $8 million from Lotto Texas and may not even know it.
Someone in Frisco recently scratched their way to $1 million after buying a Texas Lottery Crossword ticket.
"I called my best friend, cried and wished my late wife was here to be a part of this," the winner said.
You may want to check your lottery ticket if you bought one at One World Grocery for the May 17 drawing.
For the last 30 years, Dawn Nettles has played the Texas Lottery, written about the Texas Lottery and scrutinized the Texas Lottery.
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The jackpot was the largest Lotto Texas prize since 2004 according to the Texas Lottery.
The winning tickets were sold in Carrollton, Cedar Park, Duncanville, Fort Worth, Houston (2), Lubbock, San Angelo, San Antonio and Tyler.
Grand Prairie is home to another millionaire thanks to their purchase of a second-tier Mega Millions prize worth $1 million.
There's a new millionaire in North Texas who may not even know it. And time is running out to claim their cash prize.
A resident of Cedar Hill is the latest Texan to become a millionaire after claiming one of the four top prizes in a scratch-off game.
This was the fifth of eight top prizes worth $1 million claimed in this game.
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The lucky winner bought the ticket at the Cleburne Food Mart and has chosen to remain anonymous.
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