The holiday season is just around the corner! With the Texas Lottery’s new
line of holiday scratch-offs going on sale in October, you’re sure to “scratch
off” the names on your gift list early!
The $3 scratch-off Holiday Package game goes on sale October 13 and offers
a top prize of $35,000.
On October 20, look for the $1 $250 Christmas
Club ticket, which offers players
the chance to win up to $250.
Also starting on this date is the
$5 Merry Money game. This scratch-
off offers 4 chances to win up
to $50,000.
The $2 Silver Bells game, which
begins October 27, gives players
a chance to win up to 20 times on
this ticket, with a $20,000 top prize.
Watch for the $10 Jingle Jumbo Bucks
game on October 27. Players can win
up to $100,000!
The $5 Holiday Treasures game goes
on sale in late November with a
$50,000 top prize.
This year’s suite of holiday games
includes something for everyone, so
be sure to add some holiday scratch-
offs to your gift list—and pick
up a few for yourself!
News about Texas Lottery
®
winners, scratch-off prizes, new games and more!
Over30MilliOnWinners
IN JUNE/JULY 2008
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2008
for the Texas Lottery
®
’s
New Holiday Scratch-offs!
William G. Cather of Euless is breathing a sigh of relief knowing that his
recent retirement can withstand the slings and arrows of a tough economy,
thanks to the $1 million prize he won playing Mega Millions
®
.
Cather was at Albertson’s #4270 at 4000 Glade Road in Colleyville, and had $10
left after grocery shopping. He bought ve Mega Millions Quick Picks and added
the Megaplier feature. One of his tickets matched ve of the six numbers drawn,
minus the Mega Ball, in the July 8 drawing.
Like everyone else who wins a major prize, Cather and his
spouse were incredulous.
“I double-checked my ticket three times on the Texas Lottery
Web site, and then made my wife look at it, too,” he said.
“Even then, we couldn’t believe what we were seeing.”
Having the ticket double-checked by a retailer made
believers out of Mr. and Mrs. Cather.
“The rst thing my wife said was, ‘We’re
going to invest this,’” he said. Cather says
that ever since he retired a few years ago, he
and his wife have been on a xed income,
which has curtailed some of his previous
expenditures. “This has certainly amplied
my comfort zone in retirement.”
On July 2, Wiffe Enterprises, L.L.C.,\representatives Chhavy Sovann Khourn
and Tasha Nicole Leon traveled more than 200 miles from Center to claim the
rst top prize in the Texas Lottery scratch-off, Super Set For Life—$500,000
annually for 15 years, not to exceed $7,500,000.
Their adventure began late one night in April when Khourn dreamed about the
new game her store had recently received. “I dreamed I had the urge to scratch
the Super Set For Life tickets,” she explained. “In my dream, I couldn’t stop
scratching them.”
Khourn runs Johnny’s Liquor, located at 513 Cora Street in Center, and she
prides herself on maintaining a fun, easy-going atmosphere in the shop.
The day after her strange dream, Khourn decided to split one of the Super
Set For Life tickets with a customer. She
brought out her lucky coin, and the two
took turns revealing numbers. When
Khourn saw the word “LIFE” printed
on the ticket, she started doing her
“lottery dance.”
According to Leon, “You have to
be careful around her when she
wins. She could knock you over
if she gets $100.”
Khourn said, “The one thing I
want people to know is that
it’s a blessing, and I’m very
thankful.”
The Texas Lottery is offering a couple of exciting new
services to our players! In June, the Texas Lottery
began placing approximately 10,000 Check-a-Ticket
terminals in retail locations across the state. These
terminals will allow you to easily check the winning
status of both scratch-offs and on-line game tickets.
The Check-a-Ticket allows players to scan a ticket
and receive a visual message that shows the
prize amount or that the ticket is not a winner. The
terminal also produces an audible beep for all winning
tickets but does not print any receipt.
In addition, the TLC has added a scratch-off game and
store locator feature to our Web site (www.txlottery.org).
From the home page, simply click the “Scratch-Off and Store
Locator” link in the upper right corner to be taken to a page
that will allow you to search for a Texas Lottery retailer by
city or zip code, or whether smoking is allowed in the store. You can also
search for retailers that sell a specic scratch-off game. Give it a try!
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2008
Scratch-Offs ........ $273,070,549
Pick 3
™
..............$23,619,461
Daily 4
®
..............$3,192,702
Cash Five
®
............$5,598,563
Texas Two Step
®
........$2,858,553
Lotto Texas
®
...........$12,617,523
Mega Millions
®
.........$6,699,067
IN JUNE/JULY 2008
TOTal
:
$327,656,418
NOTICE: Game closing procedures will begin when all top prizes have been claimed. A scratch-off
game may continue to be sold even when all the top prizes have been claimed. For current informa-
tion on prizes remaining in a scratch-off game, call 1-800-37-LOTTO. Must be 18 years of age or
older to purchase a Texas Lottery ticket. The number of prizes in a game is approximate based on
the number of tickets ordered. The number of actual prizes available in a game may vary based on
number of tickets manufactured, testing, distribution, sales and number of prizes claimed.
See your local Texas Lottery retailer for more details or visit the
Texas Lottery Commission’s Web site at www.txlottery.org.
Drawing results are available right
after the Day and Night draws at
www.txlottery.org
Webcast link on www.txlottery.org
Watch live streaming video of Lotto Texas
Wednesdays and Saturdays at
10:12 PM CT, and see past drawings
through our “on demand” feature.
Do you think you’ve won?
If you believe you are holding any of the following:
• a possible Lotto Texas
®
or Mega Millions jackpot ticket
• a possible winning on-line ticket valued at more than $1 million
• a possible winning instant ticket paid as an annuity
• a possible winning instant ticket valued at more than $1 million
Please call 1-800-37-LOTTO
prior to traveling to Austin for processing.
the texas lottery brings new
convenience to players!
Region 3
Shayla
Malone
Beaumont
Daily 4
$3,750
Celinda
Reyes
Kingsville
Money Maker
$50,000
Marissa
Fountain
Pasadena
WPT
®
Texas Hold ‘Em
®
Poker
$1,000
Rafael
Gonzalez
Houston
Indiana Jones
™
$5,000
Kenneth
Hoffman
Houston
Cash Five
®
$31,487
Jose
Castillo, Jr.
Laredo
Texas Two Step
$1,124
Irma
Cruz
Brownsville
I Love Lucy
™
$20,000
John E.
Hutchinson
Goliad
Magnicent Millions
$1,000
Region 1
Janett
Branch
San Angelo
Loteria Texas
$3,000
Horace
Hayes Jr.
Hereford
Texas Two Step
®
$2,523
Taylor
Harkey
Bastrop
Texas MLB
$5,000
Victor
Gunter
El Paso
Daily 4
™
$1,200
Janie
Martinez
Lubbock
Magnicent Millions
$1,000
Arturo
Franco
Crane
$130 Million Platinum Payout
$20,000
Clara
Pierce
San Antonio
Table Stakes
$2,000
Alma
Gallegos
San Antonio
Pick 3
™
$2,500
Region 2
Lisa
Douglas
Southeld, MI
Daily 4
$800
Farhana
Khan
Irving
Super Set For Life
$1,000
Roger
Weiss
Richardson
Giant Jumbo Bucks
$2,000
Arturo
Silva
Fort Worth
$100,000 Cash Spectacular
$2,000
Lan T.
Nguyen
Fort Worth
Wild Cherries
$1,000
Paula K.
Reeder
Ewing, MO
Mega Millions
®
$40,000
Allyn R.
Long
Whitney
Set For Life
$2,500
Kurrey
Allen
Texarkana
Magnicent Millions
$1,000
