What Are The Best Ten Lotteries That You Can Play In Texas?

May 4, 2021May 5, 2021 Kamal Kaur

Texas is the home of lotteries. You can find lottery tickets for sale at all convenience stores, gas stations, and other places. People just love to play games. Being the second-largest state in the United States by both area and population, there are many lottery games to play here.

The Texas lottery announced its arrival in a big way, by selling 23.2 million scratch-off lotto tickets on the first day of sales on May 29, 1992. The arrival of the TX lottery was so popular that, on the night before tickets became available, tens of thousands of people attended lottery kick-off parties in various cities across the Lone Star State.

The sale of 23.2 million lottery tickets on May 29 became a world record for first day lottery ticket sales, with the first ever TX lottery ticket bought at 6 a.m. at Polk’s Feed Store in Oak Hill, by Governor Ann Richards. The first day sales were so successful that the entire cost of starting up the lottery was earned back after just three hours of sales.

There are now TX lottery games to suit everyone, with daily lotto and huge jackpot weekly games all available in the state. Cash 5, Daily 4, Midday 4, Midday Pick 3, Pick 3 and Texas Two Step are just some of the games that are exclusive to the state’s lottery players. Also available is the Texas Powerball and Texas Mega Millions. Texas Powerball tickets didn’t become available until 31 January, 2010, whereas Texas Mega Millions has been playable in the state since December 5, 2003.

The Ten Best Lotteries That You Can Play In Texas

1. Powerball

You can play this lottery with $2 per ticket and the Jackpots start at $40 million and the second tier (Match 5 +0) prize is $1 Million! To play, choose five numbers from the first field of 69 numbers and one Powerball number from the second field of 26 numbers or simply ask your lottery retailer for a Quick Pick. For only $1 more per play, don’t forget to power your play with Power Play for a chance to increase your non-Grand Prize winnings! You can win $2 million for the second tier prize with Power Play!

Drawings are broadcast each Wednesday and Saturday at 10:12 p.m. CT. Ticket sales are not available during Draw Break, from 9:00 – 10:15 p.m. Proceeds from Powerball benefit Texas. Click here to know more about this lottery.

2. Mega Millions

You can play Mega Millions by choose five (5) numbers from a field of 75 and one Mega Ball number from the second field of 15 numbers. Mega Millions offers a $15 Million starting jackpot and a second-tier (Match 5+0) prize of $1,000,000! Don’t forget to Megaply and for only $1 more per playboard, you could increase your non-grand/jackpot prize winnings by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times! You could win up to $5,000,000 without even hitting the jackpot.

Drawings are broadcast each Tuesday and Friday at 10:12 p.m. CT. Ticket sales are not available during Draw Break, from 9:45 – 10:15 p.m. CT. Proceeds from Mega Millions benefit Texas. Click here for more information on Mega Millions.

3. Lotto Texas

Play Texas’ original jackpot game, Lotto Texas. Just pick 6 numbers from 54. Lotto Texas offers multi-million dollar jackpots with drawings every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:12 p.m. CT. Ticket sales are not available during Draw Break, from 10:02 – 10:15 p.m. CT. Lotto Texas now offers an Extra! reason to play! Try Extra! for $1 more per play and get a chance to increase your non-jackpot prize winnings. You could win up to $10,000 more for $1 Extra! Extra! also gives you the chance to win $2 for matching 2 of 6 numbers drawn.

4. Texas Two Step

Texas two step is easy to play, easy to win and fun to boot! Do the Texas Two Step with the Texas Lottery. Drawings are on Mondays and Thursdays at 10:12 p.m. CT. Ticket sales are not available during Draw Break, from 10:02 – 10:15 p.m. CT. Rolling jackpots start at $225,000 and are paid in one lump-sum payment!

5. Lotto Texas

To play Lotto Texas you need to buy a Lotto Texas playslip from your favorite Texas Lottery retailer or create a play using the Texas Lottery app. Each play costs $1 per play. Adding Extra! is $1 more per play. Select six (6) numbers from 1 to 54 in the play area of the playboard or mark the “QP” box and the terminal will select your six (6) numbers. OR, simply ask your lottery retailer for a “Quick Pick” and the terminal will pick all your numbers!

To play the same sets of numbers for more than one drawing, mark MULTI-DRAW. Mark the appropriate “MULTI-DRAW” box to play up to 10 consecutive drawings
You can also try the Extra! add-on feature for $1 more per play for a chance to increase your non-jackpot prizes up to $10,000! Just mark the YES box on your playslip!

Then Select “30 ANNUAL PAYMENTS” or “CASH VALUE OPTION”. Mark “30 ANNUAL PAYMENTS” if you want to receive your prize in 30 annual installments. Or Mark “CASH VALUE OPTION” for a single payment of the present cash value of the jackpot prize. You may not change the payment option at a later date.

Lotto Texas drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10:12 p.m. CT. Tickets are not available during Draw Break, from 10:02-10:15 p.m. CT.

6. All or Nothing

All or Nothing comes with the top prize of $250,000 by matching all twelve (12) numbers drawn or by matching none of the numbers drawn – All or Nothing! For $2 per play you have 10 ways to win and you can play All or Nothing up to four times a day – 10:00 a.m., 12:27 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 10:12 p.m. CT, six days a week! All or Nothing – play it today! Ticket sales are not available during Draw Break, from 9:50 – 10:03 a.m., 12:17 – 12:30 p.m., 5:50 – 6:03 p.m. and 10:02 – 10:15 p.m. CT.

7. Pick 3

You can play pick 3 four times a day! Pick 3 offers a 50-cent play, six days a week (four times a day) and a top prize of $500 (on a $1 play.) It’s easy to play. Just pick three single-digit numbers from “0” to “9”, choose how you want to play them, the number of drawings you want to play and the time of day you want to play. Pick 3 drawings are held four times a day (Monday-Saturday) at 10:00 a.m., 12:27 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 10:12 p.m. CT, six days a week.

For another way to win, play the Sum It Up feature. If the sum of your three (3) single-digit numbers is the same as the sum of the three numbers drawn, you win! Ticket sales are not available during Draw Break, from 9:50 – 10:03 a.m., 12:17 – 12:30 p.m., 5:50 – 6:03 p.m. and 10:02 – 10:15 p.m. CT.

8. Daily 4

Daily 4 is the daily game with lots of ways to play and win! Daily 4 is played four times a day (Monday-Saturday) offering a minimum play of 50 cents with five (5) different play types to choose from. Daily 4is the first game to offer Pair Play! You can play the first two, middle two or last two numbers. (12XX, X12X, XX12)

For another way to win, play the Sum It Up! feature. If the sum of your 2 single-digit numbers (if you play any of the Pair play types) or 4 single-digit numbers is the same as the sum of the four numbers drawn, you win! Ticket sales are not available during Draw Break, from 9:50 – 10:03 a.m., 12:17 – 12:30 p.m., 5:50 – 6:03 p.m. and 10:02 – 10:15 p.m. CT.

9. Cash Five

You can win exciting CASH prizes just by matching 2, 3, 4, or 5 numbers from a field of 37 in this lotto. All prizes are paid in one lump-sum payment, even the top prize. Winning has never been so much fun! And you can win six times a week. Drawings are held Monday through Saturday at 10:12 p.m., CT. Ticket sales are not available during Draw Break, from 10:02 – 10:15 p.m. CT.

10. Scratch Tickets

Scratch tickets are most popular form of lottery and you can scan your tickets to find out if you’ve won or to quickly enter them into promotional second-chance drawings in the Luck Zone.You can also search for your favorite scratch ticket or find your nearest retailer.

How Does Lottery Help The Community?

The TX lottery is also very keen to help its own and directs proceeds to the Foundation School Fund. The lottery slogan of: ‘When Texans Play, Texas Wins!’ has certainly come true with more than $13 billion having been given to the school fund.

In 1994, Texas was the number one US lottery (based on sales figures). Of the TX lottery’s selection of games, Lotto Texas has emerged as the largest and most popular. The right Lotto Texas results can change lives, with players receiving multi-million dollar jackpots if they have winning numbers on their tickets. Lotto Texas was introduced on November 7, 1992, with the first jackpot winner coming just 21 days later. The lucky jackpot winner was Janie Kallus from Schulenburg who won an impressive $21.8 million!

Lottery Winners

Texas has lots of lottery winners. In the year 2000 Thomas ‘Hollywood’ Henderson checked the Lotto Texas results and found that he was the winner of a $28 million jackpot. Henderson was a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys and had already been lucky enough to go to three Superbowls, winning one and playing in the 1978 Pro Bowl. However, Henderson had fallen on hard times, having lost almost all of his money following drug and alcohol problems, before winning the fantastic jackpot.

Another was Joan Ginther, originally from Bishop, a city in the Lone Star State. Ginther must go down as one of the most successful lottery players of all time, as she’s won more than $1 million on the Texas lottery, an incredible four times! Her total winnings over the years amount to more than $20 million and date back to 1993, when she won $5.4 million in a Lotto Texas game.

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These are many other winners that have received their share of the prizes from the Texas Lotto, a figure that stands at more than $5 billion. You can try these 10 best lottery games to play in Texas and try your luck.