Mega Millions Confirms Monumental Texas Lottery Win Tuesday Night

If you were Lady Luck and wanted to establish residency in the state of Texas where would you live? The "Lady" has visited Austin, Temple, Irving, Silsbee, Porter, Grapevine, Corpus Christi, and Nacogdoches in just the past few days. Based on Tuesday's Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, it looks like the "old girl" is planning on staying too.

That's our quaint little way of letting you know that if you played the Mega Millions Lottery via the Texas Lottery on Tuesday night, you really should check your tickets. Not only has our source at Mega Millions confirmed a Match 5 Million win in Texas. But the Texas Lottery has revealed there were other big-money winners made in Texas for last night's game too.

According to information shared with me via the Texas Lottery, there were 64,060 winning tickets sold for Mega Millions in Texas last night. Of those 64-thousand-plus winners, a little over one-third of those winners maximized their profits by opting for the Megaplier function of the Mega Millions game.

Here's how the drawing from Tuesday played out.

The top prize in Tuesday's Mega Millions for November 19, 2024, was an estimated annuitized $420 million. If a player wanted the cash payout on last night's jackpot they would be expecting a prize of $194.3 million, that's estimated as well.

But alas, there were no jackpot winners sold anywhere across the Mega Millions game footprint and that brings us to our Match 5 Million winners. A "Match 5" prize happens when a ticket matches all of the white balls in the drawing but doesn't match the Mega Ball.

If the player does not opt for the Megaplier the prize is one million dollars. If the player does invoke the Megaplier options it's one million dollars "times the Megaplier". This is one aspect of the Mega Millions game that differs from the policies at Powerball, the other multi-state lottery game played in Texas.

The November 19th numbers that we saw roll out of the hopper were:

05   35   50   51   59   Mega Ball 08   Megaplier x 4

If your ticket's numbers match our numbers please go verify that ticket at the Official Mega Millions Website or the Official Texas Lottery Website. Those are the sites of record and you don't have a winner until they say you have a winner.

And speaking of winners it appears that the Match 5 Million winner was purchased in Austin Texas. If you shopped at the H-E-B Food Store #780 on US 290 in Austin, you really should double-check those numbers.  There were also three other Mega Millions tickets sold in Texas that earned a prize of $10,000. One of those tickets opted for the Megaplier so they'll be collecting $40,000.

Tonight's Powerball game boasts an estimated top prize of $155 million for the annuity, that's $71.3 million for the cash payment. Lotto Texas with Extra! will also hold a drawing tonight. The estimated top prize in that Texas Lottery game is $43.25 million. And on Friday, the Mega Millions game will draw again. The estimated top prize by the time Friday rolls around is $453 million.

Please note that participation in lottery games involves the risk of losing money. If you feel you have a gambling problem help is available at no charge to you. Dial 1-800-GAMBLER. The call and the referrals to counseling are free. Good Luck.