Holiday Cheer! It’S That Time Again

DECEMBER 2007/JANUARY 2008

News about winners, scratch-off prizes, new games and more! Julie Phuoc Carlous Kasey Region 1 Richards Dong Rhodes Pompa Abilene Amarillo El Paso Levelland Find the 9’s Daily 4™ State Fair of Texas $130 Million Spectacular $999 $2,629 $2,000 $50,000 Scratch Off a Little Holiday Cheer! It’s that time again... time to hang the mistletoe, string the twinkling Brian Latoya Loc Vanessa lights around the house and rack your brain ﬁguring out what to buy Spacek Golden Tran Alaniz Georgetown Midland San Antonio Hobson your hard-to-please loved ones for the holidays. Well, think no further. Lotto Texas $130 Million Spectacular Lotto Texas Billiards This holiday season, the Texas Lottery is introducing fun new tickets $2,376 $2,000 $2,590 $1,000 with big prizes that make great gifts! Check out this year’s colorful holiday suite of games: The $1 Stocking Stuffer ticket gives players a chance to win up to $1,000. The $2 Candy Cane Cash game offers a top prize of $30,000, and 10 chances to win. The $5 Merry Money game offers a top prize of $50,000 with 20 Andy Gerardo Diana Inez chances to win on one ticket! For those who believe in lucky number 7, the Region 2 Malian Ramirez Sanders Blair Richardson Dallas Mesquite Fort Worth Cool 7’s ticket—which sells for $7—offers a top prize of $77,777. Holiday Run the Table Bonus Cashword Run The Table Deal or No Deal™ $10,000 $5,000 $35,000 $10,000 Lucky Times 10 is a $10 game with a top prize of $100,000. For those who love going after big prizes, spending $20 on a $1 Million Holiday Winnings ticket could make you or a loved one a millionaire! Don’t forget, holiday games make great stocking stuffers. So spread some holiday cheer the Texas Carla Young Su Lawrence M. Hau Lottery way by giving the Games of Texas! Karl Son Hickman Nguyen Bowie Denton Longview Grand Prairie Cash Five® Money Mania Mega Millions Deal or No Deal $30,412 $1,000 $10,000 $1,000

Ricky Lourdes Gilberto MaryHelen D. Region 3 Benavides Rodriguez Castillo Jr. Woods Alice Corpus Christi Laredo Raymondville State Fair of Texas Roll the Dice Crocodile Cash Lotto Texas $2,000 $1,000 $1,000 $2,020

A. George Johnny Barry Theresa Natsis III Hu Cobbs Smith Edna Spring New Caney Houston Mega Millions Daily 4 Break the Bank Daily 4 $10,000 $5,207 $1,000 $2,659 OVER35MiLLiONWiNNERS IN AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2007

8435_DecJan_GTP.indd 2 11/13/07 9:00:57 AM C harleen A ustin o f L ubbock is a n o to ri o us p racti cal j o k e r, so m u ch so tha t wh e n sh e scra tch ed a Texas Lo tte ry ® $ 1 M i l li on Extr av a g anza ti ck et an d sa w a h u ge p rize , Aus tin imm edia te ly s tarted l oo kin g aro un d f o r h e r fri e n ds, thinkin g th ey’d sli pped h e r a p h o ny winnin g ti ck et in th eir e ff o rts to dish o u t so m e pa yback. “I j us t kn ew my fri e n ds Mac an d Lin da we re so m eh ow p la yin g a j o k e o n m e ” Aus tin sai d. “I di dn’ t wan t to get o u t o f th e car j um pin g u p an d d own if th ey we re capturin g i t wi th a cam e ra.” Aus tin p urchased th e ti ck et a t th e Raff an d Hall F amily P ar k l oca ted a t 3 404 IH 2 7 in Lu b bock, wh e re sh e o fte n sh o ps. Sh e scra tch ed th e ti ck et whil e in h e r car. Aus tin sa ys h e r min d has bee n s pinnin g , already s pe n din g h e r p rize a milli o n diff e re n t wa ys in h e r h ead!

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 7 / J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 8 Robert W. Willingham o f Dallas gets $2 2 fro m his wif e ev e ry Tu esda y an d Th ursda y to b uy M eg a M i l li ons® ti ck ets an d a soda. Th e third week in Septe m be r was n o diff e re n t, ex cept tha t this tim e , th e M eg a M i l li ons Qui ck Pi ck ti ck et h e bo u gh t had ﬁv e o f th e six n um be rs se l ected in th e Septe m be r 21 dra win g . Sin ce Willin gham al so p urchased th e M e gap li e r ®, his ti ck et was wo rth a coo l $ 1 milli o n! As a res ul t o f wh e re Willin gham d eci d ed to hi d e th e ti ck et, th e p rize go t ev e n coo l e r—d ownri gh t fros ty, in fact. “Th e banks we re c l osed o v e r th e week e n d an d we co ul dn’ t get to th e saf e d eposi t bo x,” Willin gham sai d. “So we p u t th e ti ck et in a baggi e an d s tash ed i t in th e i ce bo x.” On S un da y, Willin gham had to go o u t to te n d to so m e e rran ds, so his wif e , Vi cki e , go t i ce bo x d u ty. “I go t to s ta y h o m e to guard th e freeze r,” sh e sai d. “I t was o k, th o u gh.” Willin gham sa ys h e’s go in g to b uy his wif e so m ethin g sh e wan ts wi th his winnin gs. “Vi cki e is gettin g a n ew car,” h e sai d. “We’ re go in g to sa v e th e res t f o r a h o use p roj ect in th e fu ture .” Willin gham bo u gh t th e ti ck et a t Red Bee r & Win e a t 421 8 W. Lo v e rs Lan e , D allas.

8435_DecJan_GTP.indd 3 11/13/07 9:01:15 AM Dale Slape o f El P aso was wi th his so n in th e Co un try Boy Sto re # 1 in El P aso talkin g to th e s to re c l e r ks abo u t th eir pas t winnin g expe ri e n ces. S lape d eci d ed to p urchase a St at e F ai r o f Tex as scra tch -o ff ti ck et an d th e n we n t o u t to his car to scra tch i t. S lape scra tch ed th e to p half, his so n th e bo tto m half. His so n to l d S lape h e had wo n so m ethin g . S lape glan ced a t th e ti ck et, an d ini tially th o u gh t i t bo re a $5 0 p rize . On c l ose r examina ti o n, h e sa w i t was a $5 0 , 000 winn e r ! Th e fa th e r an d so n scream ed, j um ped o u t o f th e car an d h u gged each o th e r, th e n we n t back in si d e th e s to re to share th eir good n ews wi th th e c l e r ks. S lape co ul d o nly d escribe th e expe ri e n ce as “un be li evab l e!” H e sai d h e wo ul d use so m e o f th e winnin gs to h e l p a fri e n d pa y f o r a tri p to Las Ve gas to see a N ASCAR race .

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 7 / J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 8

Drawing results are available right DO YOU THINK YOU’VE WON? after the Day and Night draws at If you believe you are holding any of the following: • a possible Lotto Texas® or Mega Millions jackpot ticket www.txlottery.org • a possible winning on-line ticket valued at $1 million and above • a possible winning instant ticket paid as an annuity • a possible winning instant ticket valued at $1 million and above Please call 1-800-37-LOTTO prior to traveling to Austin for processing.

IN AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2007 Webcast link on www.txlottery.org S c r a t c h - O f f s ...... $ 2 8 2 , 6 7 3 , 6 3 9 Wa t c h l i v e s t r e a m i n g v i d e o o f L o t t o Te x a s P i c k 3™ ...... $ 2 2 , 7 7 3 , 9 0 0 We d n e s d a y s a n d S a t u r d a y s a t 1 0 : 1 2 P M C T, a n d s e e p a s t d r a w i n g s C a s h F i v e® ...... $ 6 , 2 7 7 , 3 0 6 t h r o u g h o u r “o n d e m a n d ” f e a t u r e . Te x a s Tw o S t e p® ...... $ 3 , 8 0 7 , 5 9 3 L o t t o Te x a s®...... $ 2 , 6 8 4 , 7 8 0 M e g a M i l l i o n s® ...... $ 4 , 9 0 9 , 0 8 0

TO TAL: $323,126,298

N O T I C E : G a m e c l o s i n g p r o c e d u r e s w i l l b e g i n w h e n a l l t o p p r i z e s h a v e b e e n c l a i m e d . A s c r a t c h - o f f game may continue to be sold even when all the top prizes have been claimed. For cur rent infor ma- t i o n o n p r i z e s r e m a i n i n g i n a s c r a t c h - o f f g a m e , c a l l 1 - 8 0 0 - 3 7 - L O T T O . M u s t b e 1 8 y e a r s o f a g e o r older to purchase a Texas Lotter y ticket. The number of prizes in a game is approximate based on the number of tickets ordered. The number of actual prizes available in a game may var y based on number of tickets manufactured, testing, distribution, sales and number of prizes claimed. See your local Texas Lotter y retailer for more details or visit the Te x a s L o t t e r y C o m m i s s i o n ’s Web s i t e a t w w w.t x l o t t e r y. o r g .

8435_DecJan_GTP.indd 4 11/13/07 9:01:33 AM Julie Phuoc Carlous Kasey Region 1 Richards Dong Rhodes Pompa Abilene Amarillo El Paso Levelland Find the 9’s Daily 4™ State Fair of Texas $130 Million Spectacular $999 $2,629 $2,000 $50,000

Brian Latoya Loc Vanessa Spacek Golden Tran Alaniz Georgetown Midland San Antonio Hobson Lotto Texas $130 Million Spectacular Lotto Texas Billiards $2,376 $2,000 $2,590 $1,000

Andy Gerardo Diana Inez Region 2 Malian Ramirez Sanders Blair Richardson Dallas Mesquite Fort Worth Run the Table Bonus Cashword Run The Table Deal or No Deal™ $10,000 $5,000 $35,000 $10,000

Carla Young Su Lawrence M. Hau Karl Son Hickman Nguyen Bowie Denton Longview Grand Prairie Cash Five® Money Mania Mega Millions Deal or No Deal $30,412 $1,000 $10,000 $1,000

A. George Johnny Barry Theresa Natsis III Hu Cobbs Smith Edna Spring New Caney Houston Mega Millions Daily 4 Break the Bank Daily 4 $10,000 $5,207 $1,000 $2,659

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