(AUSTIN) – Tom Eaton of Coppell traveled to Texas Lottery® headquarters in Austin on Thursday to claim the $12,561,542.50 cash value of an advertised $19.5 million Lotto Texas® jackpot. Eaton’s ticket was the only one to match all of the numbers drawn on Oct. 19. The winning numbers were 1-7-15-35-43-53.
The ticket was sold at the Gateway #10 located at 401 N. Kimball Ave. in Southlake. This makes the store eligible for a $195,000 retailer bonus.
Lotto Texas is played by selecting six numbers from one to 54. Lotto Texas drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10:12 p.m. CT. Odds of winning the Lotto Texas jackpot prize are one in 25,827,165, and overall odds of winning any prize are one in 71.1.
The claimant requested minimal publicity.
