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Terrell Resident 'Instant Millionaire' After Claiming $2.5M Texas Lotto Ticket

AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – 'Instant Millionaire' is the name of the game, and for one Terrell resident that's exactly how it played out.

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(credit: Texas Lottery)

The winner claimed a top prize winning ticket worth $2.5 million in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game. The life-changing ticket was bought at QuikTrip located at 1619 State Highway 34 S. in Terrell.

This was the eighth of 10 top prizes worth $2.5 million to be claimed in this game. Instant Millionaire offers more than $519 million in total prizes, including 40 second-tier prizes of $1 million. Overall odds of winning any prize in the game are one in 3.20, including break-even
prizes.

The claimant elected to remain anonymous.

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