Playing the Texas Lottery

Posted on April 20th, 2008

As you would expect from the state, the Texas lottery offers big payoffs and larger than life games to its participants. From the Mega Millions lottery to Lotto Texas, the state lottery is a great way to spend those extra dollars that have been burning a hole in your pocket.

The Texas 2 Step is one of the most popular Texas lottery games. This drawing game involves picking four numbers between one and thirty-five and one additional bonus ball number. To win the grand prize of at least two hundred thousand dollars, you must match all five of the numbers. Prizes roll over from one drawing to the next if no one wins, and you can still win prizes for matching fewer numbers than all five. For instance, if you only match the bonus ball, you will still win five dollars.

Lotto Texas is another big jackpot drawing game. To play, you must select five lottery numbers between one and forty-four along with one extra bonus ball. Match them all and you can win more than seven million dollars. Match five without the bonus ball and you can still win some pretty hefty prize pots, as well. If you just match the bonus ball, you can still win three dollars. This makes your odds of breaking even fairly good.

The TX lottery also offers a variety of scratch-off games. With these games, you can get an instant lottery result rather than having to wait for a drawing. Scratch-off lottery games make a great gift or stocking stuffer, and there are many games specially designed for the holidays. Holiday Cash and Holiday Millionaire are two popular stocking stuffing games. With Holiday Cash, you have a chance to win up to one thousand dollars, and Holiday Millionaire’s grand prize is three million dollars. You can also play Holiday Bingo for a chance at thirty thousand dollars.

Currently the Texas lottery offers players the popular multi state lottery Mega Millions and has announced the addition of Powerball on February 3rd 2010. Powerball tickets will go on sale at Texas lotto retailers and those wondering where to buy lottery tickets for Powerball should consult the Texas lottery website. Unfortunately state laws and regulations do not permit players to buy lotto tickets by mail, phone, or on the Internet. In addition federal laws and regulations restrict online lottery ticket sales. Once things are sorted out at the federal level most states are expected to begin offering online lottery tickets.