Dallas, TX
$8M Texas Lottery winning ticket sold at Dallas-area store
Check your tickets, Texas Lottery players. A jackpot-winning ticket worth $8 million was sold at a store near the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, according to an announcement from the Texas Lottery Commission on Tuesday, June 20.
The winning Quick Pick ticket matched all six of the numbers (2-5-13-16-23-38) drawn on Saturday, June 17. The ticket was purchased at the Tiger Mart 51, located at 102 E. Interstate 20, in Weatherford, which is west of Fort Worth.
The cash value option was selected at the time of purchase and the claimant will receive $4,784,297.17 before taxes. The prize has not yet been claimed, according to the Texas Lottery Commission. The winner has 180 days from the draw date to claim the prize.
“We look forward to meeting and congratulating the winner of this Lotto Texas jackpot prize,” Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery, said in the news release. “If you have the winning ticket, we encourage you to sign the ticket, put it in a safe place, seek financial and legal advice, and call the Texas Lottery to schedule an appointment to claim the prize.”
In addition to the $8 million prize, 58,117 Lotto Texas tickets won lower-tier prizes ranging from $2 to $11,431 for the same drawing. The jackpot for the next Lotto Texas drawing on Wednesday, June 21, stands at an estimated $5.25 million.