Powerball jackpot leaps to estimated $800 million, its second-biggest ever
No one won Wednesday's pot of gold of about $700 million, which was already the game's largest this year.
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No one won Wednesday's pot of gold of about $700 million, which was already the game's largest this year.
The jackpot has increased steadily since the last grand prize winner was announced on Aug. 3.
A Terrell resident claimed a top prize winning ticket worth $1 million in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game 500X.
Someone in Dallas won a second-tier Mega Millions prize worth $2 million for the drawing on Oct. 7.
The latest $1 million Texas Two Step prize winner bought their ticket at an Albertsons in Fort Worth.
Someone bought a jackpot-winning $19M Lotto Texas ticket from the Sept. 17 drawing. The new multi-millionaire has six months to claim it.
A North Richland Hills resident is $1 million richer after playing the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game Ultimate 7s.
The lucky player lives in Waxahachie and bought the ticket at a RaceTrac on N. Highway 77.
Fort Worth is home to a new multi-millionaire.
Someone from Arlington bought a jackpot-winning Texas Two Step prize worth $1.75 million on Aug. 8.
There was one winning ticket in the draw Friday night, and it was bought in Illinois, according to megamillions.com.
The grand prize was sold in Illinois, but North Texas saw a few winners too.
Many North Texans stopped by convenience stores to buy the $2 tickets in hopes of getting the top prize.
The game's expected payout climbed past the $1 billion mark after its last drawing, on Tuesday. The next drawing is Friday at 11 p.m. EDT.
The winning ticket was bought at Circle K located at 3950 Valley View Lane, in Irving.
It would be the fifth biggest prize in Mega Millions history.
If won during the next drawing on Tuesday, it would be the eighth largest on record.
The big winner purchased the ticket at the A&R Food Store, located at 5960 West Poly Webb Road.
The ticket was purchased at Kwik Shop, located at 215 E. University Dr. in McKinney.