Can you buy Mega Millions lottery tickets in Texas?

Get a Mega Millions playslip from your favorite Texas Lottery® retailer or create a play using the Texas Lottery app. Select five (5) numbers from 1 to 70 in the play area of the playboard or mark the "QP" box and the terminal will select your five (5) numbers.

Is Mega Millions lottery available in Texas?

Fact: Mega Millions and Powerball are multi-state games played in over 40 states. Since joining Mega Millions in December 2003, Texas winners have been paid out more than $1 billion in Mega Million prizes.

What is the rule for Mega Millions in Texas?

(1) Mega Millions Play. To play Mega Millions, a player shall select (or request a Quick Pick) five (5) different numbers, from one (1) through seventy (70) and one (1) additional number from one (1) through twenty-five (25). The additional number may be the same as one of the first five numbers selected by the player.

Where in Texas was Mega Millions ticket sold?

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (KTRK) -- An unclaimed Mega Millions ticket purchased in Prairie View is worth $1 million, but it's about to expire because that lucky person has yet to claim it. The winning ticket was sold at a Fuel Maxx gas station on University Drive. The drawing was held July 29.

What time can I buy Mega Millions tickets until in Texas?

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The cutoff time for Mega Millions ticket sales in Texas is 9:45 p.m. CT (10:45 p.m. ET) on drawing days.

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What is the latest I can buy Mega Millions?

You can buy Mega Millions tickets up to 15 minutes before each scheduled drawing.

How late can you buy lottery tickets in Texas?

According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, the latest you can buy a ticket is 59 minutes before the drawing.

What state sells the most winning Mega Millions tickets?

More jackpot-winning Mega Millions tickets have been sold in New York than in any other state, with 39 since 2002.

Has there ever been a Powerball winner in Texas?

Powerball is a lottery game played in more than 40 states. In 2001, former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody and his wife won an $85 million jackpot in another Texas Lottery game called Lotto Texas.

What to do if you win Texas Mega Millions?

Fill out a Claim Form online and print for postal mailing, Send us an e-mail to request a form, Go to your local retailer for a form, or. Call us for a form at 800-37-LOTTO (800-375-6886).

What happens if you only get 5 numbers in Mega Millions?

Five numbers - $1 million

To get the $1 million prize you'll need to match the numbers on the five white balls drawn without the Mega Ball and beat the 12,607,306 to 1 odds.

How to buy a Mega Millions ticket Texas?

Get a Mega Millions playslip from your favorite Texas Lottery® retailer or create a play using the Texas Lottery app. Select five (5) numbers from 1 to 70 in the play area of the playboard or mark the "QP" box and the terminal will select your five (5) numbers.

Can I buy Texas Mega Millions tickets online?

Official tickets to the Lone Star State's biggest draw games — Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto Texas, Texas Two Step and Cash Five — can be purchased online at tx.thelotter.com. theLotter Texas makes it easy to play however you want, be it from your home computer or on the go with your mobile phone.

What lottery can you play in Texas?

Draw Game (Lotto Texas, Mega Millions, Powerball, Cash Five, Pick 3, Daily 4, Texas Two Step and All or Nothing) winning tickets are valid for 180 days from the date of the drawing.

What 5 states don t sell Mega Millions?

But five — Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah — have passed on the opportunity or vetoed proposals to participate in statewide or multi-state lottery programs. That doesn't stop people from playing, of course.

What state won the $1 billion Mega Millions?

Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery's estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.

What state has not won the Mega Millions?

Seventeen states have yet to have a Mega Millions winner. They are: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Did anybody hit the Texas Mega Million?

GRAYSON COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – The latest Mega Millions winner in Texas has claimed their prize worth $3,000,012 for the drawing on Nov. 1, 2022. He/she bought the ticket at Enderby Gas Inc., located at 20544 U.S. Highway 377, in Whitesboro.

What is the biggest Texas Lottery winner?

The six randomly generated numbers printed on the lottery ticket — 6-14-24-42-46 and Mega Ball 9 — won them $157,091,592, the largest prize ever paid out to a Texas Lottery player.

How soon after winning lottery do you get the money?

If you elected the cash option or if your prize is only offered in a single payment, your check should arrive approximately six to eight weeks from your claim date. If your prize is to be paid in installments, your first payment should be available within six to eight weeks from your claim date.

Can you buy lottery tickets with a debit card in Texas?

YES, RETAILERS CAN ACCEPT DEBIT CARDS TO PURCHASE LOTTERY TICKETS! If the retailer you go to chooses to, they can ACCEPT debit cards to buy Powerball tickets! As long as your card is DEBIT, they can accept it towards the purchase of lottery tickets!

What are the odds of winning the Texas Lottery?

* The number of actual prizes available in a game may vary based on the number of tickets manufactured, testing, distribution, sales and number of prizes claimed. Overall odds of winning any prize in Texas Loteria are 1 in 3.96** (see back of ticket for complete odds disclaimer).