to the Texas Lottery<\/a>, a jackpot-winning ticket worth an estimated annuitized $41 million for the Lotto Texas drawing held on April 20 was purchased at 7-Eleven Convenience Store #36375A, located at 3700 Interstate Highway 30, in Mesquite. \u00a0<\/p>\nThe prize has not yet been claimed. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim the prize. The retailer that sold the jackpot-winning ticket may be eligible for a $25,000 bonus under the Texas Lottery’s Retailer Bonus Program.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The winning Quick Pick ticket matched all six of the numbers drawn (21-28-33-34-43-44). The cash value option was selected at the time of purchase and the claimant will receive an estimated $22.5 million before taxes. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMonday was an unforgettable night for one Lotto Texas player, who purchased a jackpot-winning ticket,\u201d said Courtney Arbour, executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which oversees the Texas Lottery. \u201cIf you believe you are the lucky ticket holder, please sign your ticket, keep it in a safe place, seek financial and legal advice, and call the Texas Lottery to schedule an appointment to claim your prize. Players can feel confident that wins like this are supported by secure, well-managed games. We look forward to meeting and congratulating our latest Lotto Texas jackpot winner.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The winning Lotto Texas jackpot started as an advertised $5 million prize for the drawing on Nov. 17, 2025, and stretched 66 drawings before being hit on Monday evening. In addition to the jackpot winning prize, 39,787 Lotto Texas tickets, including those with the Extra! add-on feature, won lower-tier prizes ranging from $2 to $12,834 for the same drawing. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The jackpot for the next Lotto Texas drawing on Wednesday, April 22, resets to an estimated annuitized $5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The National Council on Problem Gambling operates the National Problem Gambling\u00a0Helpline Network at 1-800-GAMBLER.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The network is a single national access point to local resources for people seeking help for a gambling problem. The network has 28 contact centers that provide resources and referrals for all 50 states and U.S. territories. Help is available 24\/7 and is 100% confidential. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Help is also available via an online peer support forum at GamTalk.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Texas resident has won tens of millions of dollars. The question is who? According to the Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3505,27,29,28,3504],"class_list":{"0":"post-262453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-auddevok","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-texas-headlines","11":"tag-texas-news","12":"tag-txshare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}