Lotto Office Pools Can Cause Problems
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The largest jackpot in U.S. history is enticing more people to pool their money with friends or co-workers to buy tickets for Friday’s MegaMillions drawing. “$540 million. I...
View ArticleIn Reversal, House Reauthorizes Lottery Commission
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The Texas Lotto will live to see another day, after a nearly fatal attack on it by lawmakers. In a surprise move, Tuesday, state representatives voted to effectively kill the...
View ArticlePowerball Ticket Sales Soar
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Americans held there collective breaths Saturday night, hoping they had the winning ticket in a $600 million dollar Powerball drawing. The buying pace was furious. Texans alone...
View ArticleLottery To Determine Who Can Adopt Rescued Pup
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - The pooch now known as ‘Stormy’ seems none the worse for wear after spending several days stuck in a Dallas storm drain. After getting some much needed ‘tender-loving-care’ at...
View ArticleTexans Dish Out Dough Hoping To Be The Next Multi-Millionaire
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – All it took as a dollar and a dream. Just minutes ago, the Mega Millions drawing may have helped someone turn a single ticket into some $636 million. Lotto machines were...
View ArticlePowerball, Mega Millions Give State Budgets A Lift
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The scores of losing players in last week’s $425 million Powerball jackpot did more than take an extremely long shot at getting rich. Their ticket purchases also helped fund a...
View Article$1 Million Lottery Ticket Sold At Frisco 7-Eleven
FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) - A $1 million lottery ticket was recently sold in Frisco. The Power Ball ticket was purchased by an unknown person at the 7-Eleven on Preston Road. The person bought a Quick Pick...
View Article26-Year-Old Wins Millions In Scratch-Off Game
DENTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Jesse Patino, 26, has won millions of dollars on a scratch-off lottery game. He claimed the first $7.5 million top prize in the $50 Texas Lottery scratch-off game “Millionaires...
View Article$12 Million Lotto Texas Jackpot Still Unclaimed
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The winning ticket from the January 1 Lotto Texas drawing still hasn’t been presented and as the deadline looms for its redemption, the drawing’s grand prize of $12 million...
View Article$12 Million Lotto Texas Jackpot Goes Unclaimed
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — There’s a winner of a $12 million grand prize from the January 1 Lotto Texas drawing. As it turns out, it’s the state’s public schools. A 6 p.m. Monday deadline came and went...
View Article27-Year-Old Donates All Scratch-Off Ticket Winnings To Animal Shelter
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20141209231546497AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - A 27-year-old who won $500 on a scratch-off lottery ticket, is giving all...
View ArticleTexas Lottery To Halt Sales Of Monopoly Game
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Lottery is suspending sales of the multistate Monopoly Millionaires’ Club game two months after its launch in 23 states. In a...
View ArticleMystery Lottery Case Delayed, Lotteries Heighten Security
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The fraud trial for a former lottery worker accused of fixing the Hot Lotto game in an attempt to win a $14 million jackpot was delayed...
View ArticleLotto Scam Alert Before And After First Billion Dollar Jackpot
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Mary Jacobs of Dallas thought she beat the odds after a call to her home a few days ago. “He said, ‘Ms. Jacobs, God chose you,’ I said ‘really? Quit lying, I don’t ever win...
View ArticleDespite Terrible Odds, Texans Taking A Chance At Mega Millions Fortune
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A person’s odds of winning this week’s Mega Millions is 1 in 302.5 million, but that’s not stopping Texans from taking their chances at snagging the record setting jackpot of $1.6...
View ArticleArlington Resident Wins $1M Powerball Prize
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Someone who lives in Arlington is now a millionaire thanks to his/her winning Quick Pick ticket. The claimant bought the ticket at Gateway 33, located at 3710 S. Cooper Street...
View ArticleArlington Resident Wins $1 Million Prize On Lotto Scratch Ticket
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Winner, winner, chicken dinner! A person who lives in Arlington is now $1 million richer! Officials with the Texas Lottery say the person recently claimed a top winning prize...
View ArticleWinning $3 Million Scratch Off Ticket Sold In Mesquite
MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) – Cha-ching! North Texas is home to another new millionaire. Officials with the Texas Lottery Commission confirmed Wednesday that a person in Mesquite claimed the top $3 million...
View ArticleA Texan Near Corpus Christi Cashes In $1 Million Scratch Ticket
ANNA (CBSDFW.COM) – A person from Riviera, Texas — about 60 miles southwest of Corpus Christi — is going to have a great weekend after winning $1 million on a Texas Lottery scratch-off ticket. (credit:...
View ArticleArlington Resident Wins $1 Million Prize On Lotto Scratch Ticket
ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Arlington has gained a new millionaire thanks to the Texas Lottery. The claimant bought the winning Million Dollar Loteria scratch ticket at Redi-Go, located at 320 E....
View ArticleDallas Police Searching For Smash-And-Grab Lotto Thief
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas police are searching for a man who threw a large rock into a Texaco station and grabbed two cases of scratch-off lottery tickets. The theft happened on January 23, at about...
View ArticleTexans Buying Tickets As The Lotto Texas Jackpot Grows To $44 Million For...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Lottery history in Texas continues to be made. The Lotto Texas jackpot has grown to an estimated $44 million for the Wednesday, September 23 drawing. Sales for the jackpot —...
View ArticleTime To Go Yacht Shopping, Mega Millions & Powerball Jackpots Top $400...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — To say you have a chance (albeit slight) to become a multi-millionaire overnight isn’t quite expressive enough. In terms of lottery jackpots there’s a kind of perfect storm...
View Article$6.25 Million Lotto Jackpot-Winning Ticket Sold At Texas Convenience Store
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Happy days for someone in the Lone Star State. Officials with the Texas Lottery Commission have confirmed that a winning Lotto Texas ticket was sold for the February 10...
View ArticleMillionaire Mondays: Powerball, Lotto Texas Add Third Weekly Drawing
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – Soon you can start your week off right, potentially winning millions of dollars on a Monday. Beginning Aug. 23, Powerball and Lotto Texas will be drawn every Monday, joining...
View ArticleLady Luck Shines On Richardson Resident Who Bought $1M Texas Lottery Scratch...
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – A Richardson resident claimed a top prize winning ticket worth $1 million in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game Diamond White 7s. (credit: Texas Lottery) The ticket was bought...
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