Lotto Texas FAQS

Lotto Texas drawings take place three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings at 10:12 PM CT.

There are two ways in which you can enter Lotto Texas. You can play by visiting a lottery retailer or ordering a ticket online from a lottery courier. In order to enter, you must select six numbers from 1 to 54. You can read more about how Lotto Texas works on our How to Play page.

Ticket sales are closed during the Draw Break between 10:02-10:15 PM CT.

A Lotto Texas ticket costs $1. You can also add the Extra! feature for an additional $1.

Extra! is a feature which can be added to your Lotto Texas ticket for an additional $1. With this option, you have the chance of increasing your winning for matching two, three, four or five out of the six numbers. You can find out more about the Extra! feature on our How to Play page.

Yes, you can enter up to 15 consecutive drawings if you mark the 'Multi-Draw' box.

Lotto Texas offers a guaranteed minimum jackpot of $5 million.

No, the Lotto Texas jackpot keeps on rolling until it is won, without having a jackpot cap. You can read more about some of the lottery's biggest jackpot winners.

The largest Lotto Texas jackpot, worth $145 million, was won back in 2004, when a single ticket player matched all six winning numbers. The big prize was claimed as an after-tax cash payment of $61.9 million by Alfredo Ornelas Barragan on behalf of VOM Enterprises Ltd. and IBO Management Co. The lucky ticket was sold at a downtown El Paso Chevron station.

The overall odds of winning a Lotto Texas prize are approximately 1 in 71.1. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 25,827,165. With the Extra! feature, the overall odds of winning are better - 1 in 7.9. You can explore the odds of winning for each prize category on our Odds and Prizes page.

Winning tickets are valid for 180 days from the draw date. Depending on the amount of your prize, you may claim by mail or by organizing an appointment in Austin. Read more about how to claim prizes.