Category Archives: Jackpot!

You can make whatever observations and draw whatever conclusions you want about the demographics of Texas Lottery players. To me, the big story is right here: Fewer people gambled on Texas Lottery games last year than ever, but those who … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Missed this on Friday: Popular scratch-off games and a record lottery jackpot propelled the Texas Lottery to its second-highest sales during fiscal year 2004. Unaudited sales figures of all products totaled nearly $3.5 billion in the fiscal year that ended … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Texas Lottery Commission is planning to roll out self service lottery machines. Let me say that again, because I’m still not quite sure I believe what I’ve just written. The Texas Lottery Commission is planning to roll out SELF … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s pretty much gotta suck to lose a winning lottery ticket worth $162 million. CLEVELAND — A $162 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot belongs to a woman who says she lost the winning ticket, even if someone else finds it, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I don’t really have a whole lot to say about the so-far meager sales of Mega Millions lottery tickets. Maybe it’ll eventually be a hit, maybe it won’t overcannibalize sales of Texas Lotto, and maybe it’ll sink like a mastodon … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After many twists and turns, Texas will be joining a multistate lottery system. It just won’t be Powerball. Texas is placing its bets on the multistate lottery Mega Millions, noted for its record-setting jackpots and 1-in-135 million odds, the Lottery … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Looks like I may have spoken too soon about Powerball. The House and Senate have not agreed on a bill to authorize it yet, and the clock is ticking. If the two chambers can’t agree on lottery by Monday, dreams … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The Texas House has approved a bill that would allow Texas to join with other states in the Powerball lottery, a move that supporters say could bring in another $100 million per year. I guess that means the answer to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The state Lottery Commission has rolled out the new version of its flagship Texas Lotto game amid confusion over how to play and grumbles that it’s even more of a ripoff than it used to be. In the past, as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As expected, the state Lottery Commission has proposed changes to Lotto Texas which result in longer odds of winning the jackpot. The hope is that this will also result in bigger jackpots and brisker sales, mostly from people who only … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The state Lottery Commission is considering changes to Lotto Texas, the state’s main lottery, with the intent of providing bigger prizes but lower odds of winning, despite the fact that the same change made over two years ago did not … Continue reading → Continue reading →