Brownwood News – Someone in Brownwood is a new multi-millionaire!
According to news from the Texas Lottery in Austin, a Brownwood resident claimed a top prize winning ticket worth $2.5 million in the Texas Lottery® scratch ticket game Instant Millionaire. The ticket was purchased at Crossroads, located at 1702 Commercial Ave., in Anson. The claimant elected to remain anonymous.
This was the fifth of 10 top prizes worth $2.5 million to be claimed in this game. Instant Millionaire offers more than $519 million in total prizes, including 40 second-tier prizes of $1 million. Overall odds of winning any prize in the game are one in 3.20, including break-even prizes.
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Beginning with the first ticket sold in 1992, the Texas Lottery has generated more than $30 billion in revenue for the state and distributed $62 billion in prizes to lottery players. Since 1997, the Texas Lottery has contributed $24.4 billion to the Foundation School Fund, which supports public education in Texas. As authorized by the Texas Legislature, certain Texas Lottery revenues benefit state programs including the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance. Since the first veterans’ themed scratch ticket game was launched in 2009, the Texas Lottery has contributed more than $126 million for programs supporting Texas veterans.
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