Texas Lottery Information

Big plates of barbecue, big cowboy hats, big lottery jackpots - everything's bigger in Texas and the lottery games are no exception. On this page you'll find information on the Texas Lottery and Lone Star state games like Lotto Texas and Texas Two Step, including the drawing schedule and details of top winners and prizes.

Texas Lottery Drawing Schedule

Note: The Texas Triple Chance game closed on July 28, 2018.

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Game Information

Beyond Powerball and Mega Millions, Texas offers a variety of exciting games, so lasso yourself a ticket to round up your chance to win:

• All or Nothing - This dramatic game offers players the chance to win the top prize of $250,000 by matching all of the 12 numbers drawn or by matching none of the numbers drawn – All or Nothing! $2 offers you 10 ways to win, and you can play up to four times daily, six days a week (Monday through Saturday).

• Lotto Texas - This popular game, which has drawings on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings, is a Lone Star state favorite. Players pay $1 per line and pick six numbers from 1 to 54. If they match all six main numbers drawn, they win the jackpot!

• Texas Two Step - Put on your cowboy boots and dance the Texas Two Step for the chance to win a jackpot starting at $200,000! If you snap up the top prize then you'll automatically be given a lump sum payment. Simply buy a playcard for $1 and select four numbers from 1 to 35 along with a Bonus Ball from 1 to 35. Two Step has drawings on Monday and Thursday.

• Pick 3 - Players have the chance to win four times daily, six days a week (Monday-Saturday). You can play your lucky numbers, and also be strategic by choosing a play style. Pick 3 offers tickets for $0.50, $1, or $5 per play with a top prize of $500. To play, choose three one-digit numbers from 0-9, or select Quick Pick to have them chosen for you at random. Choose one of the four play styles: Exact Order, Any Order, Exact/Any, or Combo.

• Daily 4 - Daily 4 offers lots of ways to play and win four times a day, Monday-Saturday. The minimum play is $0.50 and there are five play types to choose from. Daily 4 is the first game with the Pair Play! option. You can play the first two, middle two or last two numbers. For example: 12XX, X12X, XX12.

  Playing Daily 4 is easy. Choose four single-digit numbers (or two single-digit numbers for Pair Play) from 0-9 (or use Quick Pick and your numbers will be automatically chosen at random). Mark how you want to play your numbers; there are four options: Straight (Exact Order), Box (Any Order), Straight/Box (Exact/Any Order) and Combo. OR two single-digit numbers for Front Pair, Mid Pair or Back Pair.

• Cash Five - In this exciting game, you can win prizes for matching two, three, four or five numbers between 1 and 35. The jackpot is worth $25,000 per winner. Drawings are held Monday through Saturday, giving you the chance to win six times a week!

• Texas Free Lottery - Yeehaw! Finally, a lottery that doesn't cost a cent to play - and it's only in the great state of Texas. You can play seven days a week, with a Daily Draw offering a $500 jackpot plus a Weekly Draw on Mondays with a $10,000 top prize.

• Scratch Tickets - Want to feel the thrill of a big lottery win without waiting around for a draw to take place? The Texas Lottery offers several scratch-off games which are available for purchase at authorized retailers. Tickets can be purchased for as little as $1 and bigger games offer top prizes that can rival those of Lotto Texas! If instant gratification is your thing, then these instant win games are for you!

• Quicktickets - The iconic Powerball and Mega Millions games are also available to play as Quicktickets - Quick Pick scratch tickets. Grab 'em for $4 (two plays) or $10 (five plays). Check your receipt to ensure that your ticket has been activated by the cash register, and don't forget to sign your ticket. Scratch the ticket to find out the Quick Pick numbers, then wait for the draw to find out if you've won. Quicktickets are Cash Value Option for the jackpot.

• Receipt Tickets - A convenient way to play Powerball and Mega Millions, Receipt Tickets are a Texas Lottery innovation: Quick Picks for the next draw that are printed by the register at participating retailers. After the draw, scan the barcode to see if you've won a prize.

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Top 10 Texas Lottery Winners

Below you'll find the positively Texas-sized top 10 Lone Star state lottery winners for games including Powerball, Mega Millions and Lotto Texas!

Top 10 TX Lottery Winners

Amount	Cash or Annuity?	Date	Winner Details
$800M	Cash: $409.2M (before taxes)	Sep. 10, 2024	More than doubling the previous record, this sensational payout came in Mega Millions after a three-month jackpot run. The winning ticket was sold at the Murphy’s Express gas station on Highway 90A in Sugar Land. The Sol Living Trust claimed the jackpot within one month of the drawing.
$360M	Cash: $157.3M (before taxes)	Oct. 6, 2023	This Mega Millions prize was actually claimed by a group, known as the Blue Yucca Trust, from Rapid City in South Dakota. The winning ticket had been purchased at Stripes No. 5031, located at 5665 Sherwood Way in San Angelo. The Blue Yucca Trust elected to take the cash option of $157.3 million.
$225M	Cash: $157M (before taxes)	Sept. 24, 2019	This Mega Millions jackpot was won by a player in Leander, Texas who chose to remain anonymous.
$188M	Cash: $42M (before taxes)	Feb. 11, 2015	The TL Management Trust shared a Powerball jackpot worth $564 million, one of the largest prizes in U.S. history at the time, with two other winning tickets. The Texas winning ticket was sold at the Appletree Food Mart in Princeton.
$177M	Cash: $72M (before taxes)	March. 31, 2017	71-year-old construction worker Eliberto Cantu of Lubbock won this Mega Millions top prize with a ticket he bought while working in Stuttgart, Arkansas.
$145M	Cash: $82.5M (before taxes)	June 19, 2004	A record Lotto Texas jackpot was won by an El Paso ticket and claimed by VOM Enterprises, Ltd.
$144M	Annuity: Annual payments totalling $144 million over 26 years.	Jan. 29, 2010	William R. Kiefer of Katy won the largest prize ever paid by the Texas Lottery Commission. He matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball in the Jan. 29 Mega Millions drawing. He planned to donate a large percentage of his winnings to good causes. The Short Stop Market in Katy sold the lucky ticket.
$128M	Unknown	Jul. 6, 2007	The H & H Trust of Dallas won the highest Mega Millions jackpot ever awarded in Texas.
$122M	Cash: $73,572,690 (before taxes)	Jan. 9, 2007	The Crump, Allen & Lewis General Partnership of Amarillo became the fourth Texas claimant of a Mega Millions jackpot for the Jan. 9 drawing - the largest Mega Millions prize ever claimed in Texas. The ticket was purchased at the Taylor Petro Co. in Amarillo.
$112M	Cash: $68,208,778 (before taxes)	Mar. 1, 2005	MAL HOLDINGS, LP of Rowlett was the second Texas claimant of a Mega Millions jackpot. Dalrock Grocery in Rowlett sold the winning ticket for the March 1 drawing.

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Claiming a Prize

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History of the Texas Lottery

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Rules