Texas Lottery officials confirmed that a Texas-sold Mega Millions lottery ticket matched enough numbers to claim a $2 million prize. That Mega Millions Match 5 Million plus Megaplier win was part of the Mega Millions drawing from Monday, January 24, 2025.
If you didn’t see, the $2 million winner was sold in Arlington, Texas. Needless to say Texas Lottery fans were hoping to see at least a repeat if not a bigger win in Friday’s Mega Millions game. The top prize on Friday night was estimated to be $59 million for the annuitized jackpot.
As a leading Lotologist in the Gulf South, I am often asked if where you buy your ticket makes a difference. The biggest question I get is “Should I buy my Texas Lottery ticket from a small Mom & Pop in a small town or should I go to a regional or national retailer in a larger community to try my luck”? My most learned answer to that query can be summed up in one word. That word, yes.
This is my snarky way of saying where you buy your ticket doesn’t matter at all. All lottery games work like this. If you buy a ticket you have the same chance to win as everyone else who bought a ticket. Now, if you just look at the math you’d be inclined to believe that your better chances of winning would come from national and regional retailers in larger cities.
However, the reason the numbers lean that way is because of the sheer volume of tickets sold. 7-ELEVEN, Circle K, and Love’s Travel Stops, get more winners because they sell more tickets. The Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex will have more winners than greater Borger and Muleshoe because more people are buying tickets in DFW than in the panhandle.
Enough Lottery Philosophy 101, let’s get to the numbers that mattered Friday night. Here is how the Mega Millions drawing for January 31, 2025 played out.
Our sources at Mega Millions confirmed that no tickets sold for last night’s game matched the numbers needed to claim the jackpot prize of $59 million. Because there was no winner, the Mega Millions game will feature an estimated top prize of $77 million when they draw on Tuesday night.
Our sources at the Texas Lottery confirmed that 31,344 tickets sold in Texas for Friday’s drawing were winners. That means they returned at least the cost of the ticket back to the purchaser. That’s the good news, the bad news is that the largest prize earned by a Texas-sold ticket on Friday night was $1,000. Only nine tickets earned that, another 19 tickets earned the next-highest prize of $500.
If you want to check your numbers to see if you earned one of those prizes or a lesser amount, Here are the numbers that were revealed in the Mega Millions drawing.
09 28 48 56 63 Mega Ball 2 Megaplier x2
Last night’s drawing did create two Match 5 Million winners those tickets were sold in Tennessee and Delaware. If you feel as if you’re holding on to a winning ticket based on the numbers above, you need to verify that ticket by visiting the Official Texas Lottery website or the Official Mega Millions website.
Those sites are the “sites of record” when it comes to the final results. They can also direct you to the nearest prize redemption center if you were fortunate enough to buy a winning ticket.
Powerball will draw tonight, Saturday. So will Lotto Texas with Extra!. It might behove Texans who normally look at Powerball to sneak a peak at Lotto Texas. The jackpot in Lotto Texas is $75.5 million. The Powerball jackpot is $89 million.
Those jackpots are similar in size and the math suggests you’d have a better shot at a money-match scenario because of the structure of the Texas Lottery game versus the multi-state game.
Now, if you do choose to play these or any lottery games you should be aware that there is a risk of losing money. If you have a gambling problem there is help available. Simply dial 1-800-GAMBLER. You may call any time of the day or night. The call is free, and the referral to counselling and support is free for you as well.
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