$360 million lottery jackpot is largest ever won by a Texas player, Texas Lottery says

A $360 million jackpot from an Oct. 6 drawing is the largest Mega Millions prize ever won by a Texas player.

A ticket that won the $360 million jackpot prize in the Mega Millions Oct. 6, 2023 drawing was bought in San Angelo. The player has 180 days from the drawing date to claim the prize.A $360 million jackpot-winning prize from Friday’s Mega Millions lottery drawing is the largest ever won by a Texas Lottery player, the Texas Lottery Commission announced in a news release on Saturday.

The player chose the cash-value option at the time of purchase, which was an estimated $156.9 million before taxes prior to the drawing, according to the release. The drawing marks the fourteenth Mega Millions jackpot winner in Texas and the first since Sept. 24, 2019 when a Leander, Texas, resident won a $227 million prize.

In addition to the Oct. 6 jackpot-winning prize, 74,167 Mega Millions tickets in Texas — including those with the Megaplieradd-on feature — have won lower-tier prizes ranging from two dollars to $10,000, according to the release.

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