A Winning $250,000 Texas Lottery Ticket Was Sold in Big Sandy

The odds of winning the top prize of any Texas Lottery drawing or scratch-off game are extremely slim.

Odds of Winning Texas Lottery Games

Lotto Texas: 1 in 25.8 million
Texas Two Step: 1 in 1.8 million
Cash Five: 1 in 324,000
Most Scratch Off Games: 1 in 1.4 million, or worse

How to Play The Texas Lottery All or Nothing Game

The chances of winning the top prize ($250,000) in the All or Nothing game are 1 in 2.7 million.

In this game, players select 12 numbers from 1 to 24. Somebody wins the jackpot if one of two things occurs. If ALL 12 numbers drawn match ALL the chosen numbers, or if NONE of the 12 numbers drawn match ANY of the chosen numbers, the $250,000 jackpot is won.

Drawings are held four times a day, except on Sundays. That's 24 drawings every week. It's not uncommon for several months to go by with no jackpot winner in this game.

In fact, there was no jackpot winner from May 30 through September 4. That's approximately 340 drawings with no top prize winner. Now you see why I call this the toughest game to win.

A Winning All or Nothing Ticket Was Sold in Big Sandy, Texas

On May 29, a winning All or Nothing ticket that didn't match any numbers was sold in Conroe.

Finally, on September 5, a winning ticket that didn't match any numbers was purchased at this Best Mart north of Big Sandy, Texas, in Upshur County.

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