Winning $16 Million Lotto Texas Ticket Sold In Belton, Texas

AUSTIN, TX — After several weeks of Lotto Texas drawings without a winner, a single winner in Belton, Texas, matched all six numbers for a $16 million prize.

The winning ticket was sold at the Longhorn Drive-In Grocery store located at 2218 Holland Rd. in Bell County. The county seat, Belton (population about 15,000) is not far from Austin, and is part of the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan statistical area. It's just an hour to the north of Austin some 60 miles away from the capital city.

According to Texas Lottery Commission officials, the winner opted for the cash value option by taking a lump sum rather than being paid in annual annuities. The winning numbers for Aug. 11, 2018, were: 3-9-13-25-30-51.

The jackpot now resets to a paltry $5 million for the next drawing scheduled Wednesday, Aug. 15. The cash value option is estimated at $3.35 million. Check back here to learn those winning numbers.

In addition to the big winner, 10 Lotto Texas tickets matched five out of the six numbers for winnings of $2,666 apiece. Two people selecting the Extra! option also went five for six, for winnings of $12,666 each.

Whoever the lucky winner is in Belton, he or she joins a fellow winner in Lotto Texas winner in Houston in millionaire status. Choosing to remain anonymous, the Houston winner in June claimed the prize after buying the winning ticket for the May 16 drawing — a ticket valued at $20.25 million from which the winner chose the cash value lump sump of $20.3 million.

And last month, a resident of Howe, Texas, in Grayson County bought a winning Powerball ticket on June 20 that matched five numbers but without the key red one. Still, the five matched numbers were good enough to land the anonymous winner a $2 million prize, according to the Texas Lottery Commission.

The town of Howe, population some 3,000 residents, is just outside Dallas and 250 miles north of Austin.

From earlier:

AUSTIN, TX — It happened again. Nobody matched the six winning numbers for Lotto Texas on Saturday, Aug. 4, pushing the prize to $15.25 million for the next drawing on Wednesday. Jan. 8.

Had someone matched the numbers on Saturday, the prize would've been $14.5 million. The winning Lotto Texas numbers are 4-9-11-33-48-54.

The jackpot for the next drawing on Wednesday, Aug. 8, will have a cash value option of $10.1 million.

From Aug. 1:

AUSTIN, TX — Yet again, nobody matched all six Lotto Texas numbers, growing the prize for Saturday to $14.5 million. The cash value option will total $9.63 million.

The winning numbers for Wednesday, Aug. 1, are: 7-12-15-35-42-49. Had someone matched those numbers, the prize would have been $13.75 million.

From July 28:

AUSTIN, TX — Nobody matched the six winning numbers in the Lotto Texas drawing for Saturday, July 28, growing the jackpot to nearly $14 million for this week's drawing on Wednesday.

The winning Lotto Texas numbers for Saturday, July 28, were: 7-11-15-19-44-49. Had someone matched all the digits, the prize would have been $13 million.

But nobody did. This means the next drawing for Wednesday, Aug. 1, will be for $13.75 million. The cash option for this winning ticket will be for $9.15 million.

Although nobody won the prize, you might still want to check your ticket as smaller prizes are awarded for matching as few as three numbers. Saturday's drawing yielded 19 people in Texas matching five of six numbers for a prize of $1,379. Four others paying for the Extra! option increased those winnings to $11,379 for having five of the numbers.

Tickets must be claimed no later than 180 days after the draw date. In the case of a discrepancy between these numbers and the official drawing results, the official drawing results will prevail. View the Webcast of the official drawings.

For those playing Powerball, be advised the jackpot for the Aug. 1 drawing is $187 million, with a cash value option of $111.6 million.

You might have heard that — after nearly a month and a half of rolled-over jackpots — a single player in California claimed the massive $425.3 million Powerball jackpot prize. The winner, B. Raymond Buxton, reportedly bought his winning ticket wearing a shirt emblazoned with an image of Yoda that read: "Luck of the Jedi I have."

Resent this person mightily, we do. Um, what we mean to say is: Happy for this man, we are.

Buxton, a Northern California retiree, told California Lottery Commission officials that he has his stomach to thank for the win. He was getting lunch at a Subway sandwich shop, which is located inside the convenience store at Dixon Landing Chevron in Milpitas, when he decided to buy another ticket – yes, another ticket. Buxton already had a ticket for the February 19th draw, but the jackpot was so large he decided to test his luck again. This time, he bought a single Quick Pick® ticket and that $2 investment turned into $425 million.

“I sat in front of the computer for hours in disbelief, frequently checking and rechecking the numbers across multiple sources," Buxton said. "Once the initial shock passed I couldn’t sleep for days.”

Well, sir, we're all very happy for you. We really are.

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