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Monday, November 30, 2009

Answer to Lottery Trivia Question #9: Has Texas Ever Sold a Jackpot Winning Mega Millions Ticket?

Last week's Lottery Trivia Question #9 was:

Has Texas ever sold a winning Mega Millions Jackpot ticket?
If Yes: How many times?
When and How Much?

The Correct Answers are:

Yes, the State of Texas has sold many winning Jackpot tickets.
Since joining Mega Millions in December 2003, Texans have won 7 times.
The individual dates and amounts were:

01/01/08 $33M TX
08/31/07 $330M MD/NJ/TX/VA (shared 4 ways)
07/06/07 $126M TX
01/09/07 $122M TX
05/16/06 $94M TX
03/01/05 $112M TX
10/01/04 $101M TX

The total Jackpot winnings for Texas exceeds $670 million.

Remember to check-in tomorrow to read our 10th Lottery Trivia Question posting!

Thanks,

JL.........

1 comment:

Lottery winnersDecember 3, 2009 at 2:08 AM
That's great if Texas has sold tickets for Jackpot Winning Mega Millions Ticket. Interesting post. Keep posting such informative stuff.

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Lottery winners
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The purpose of this blog is to bring you a variety of articles focused on sharing Lottery Specific Topics that will better help you understand your chances of winning the large Mega Millions, Powerball, Lotto 649, Super 7, Euromillions, etc. jackpots.

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