$78 Million Winning Texas Lotto Jackpot Tickets Still Not Claimed
It has been almost two weeks since a $78 million Lotto Texas winning jackpot ticket was sold in Brownsville. If I were a winner, I would be at the Lottery Headquarters the next day.
The ticket was sold at Gordon’s Bait & Tackle, located at 7066 Padre Island Highway. The winning ticket was sold with the cash option, which means the claimant would receive $43.6 million before taxes.
The winner still has time to claim their prize.
The winning numbers and ticket are from the drawing dated November 15. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim the prize.
This jackpot was a Texas Lotto drawing, not to be confused with Mega Millions and Powerball drawings. Lotto Texas drawings occur every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:12 p.m.
Top Lotto Texas Jackpots Of All Time
While the Lotto Texas jackpot numbers are nowhere near the amounts of Mega Millions and Powerball, they're still life-changing numbers. Here are the top-ten Lotto Texas Jackpots of all-time and the cities where the tickets were sold.
1. $145 million June 19, 2004 El Paso
2. $97 million May 29, 2010 Dallas
3. $95 million April 22, 2023 Colleyville
4. $85 million March 7, 2001 Austin
5. $83.5 million Feb. 17, 2025 Austin
6. $78 million Nov. 15, 2025 Brownsville
7. $77 million March 16, 1994 Dallas, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Humble, Carrollton
8. $76 million Oct. 21, 2009 Alvin
9. $75 million April 7, 2007 League City
T-10. $70 million June 22, 2002 Sherman, Terrell, Longview, Austin, Pearland
T-10 . $70 million Jan. 31, 2004 Houston
A look back to the first ever Lotto Texas drawing.
The fist Texas Lotto drawing took place on November 5, 1991 and thanks to TikTok, we can watch it now.
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