Florida, Texas Powerball players won $20 million. What they took home

On May 2, 2026, two Powerball tickets in Florida and Texas matched to win $20 million. The Kissimmee, Florida, winner took cash option of $4.4 million.
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Texas player wins $2M in Wednesday's Powerball drawing; jackpot rolls to $1.8B

While no one won the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, a Texas player did win millions in the multi-state drawing. The Texas Lottery said the new millionaire bought a Quick Pick ticket at a Barri 140088 at 601 North Cesar Chavez Boulevard in Houston and ...
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Texas Lottery Commission to be disbanded as state game gets new restrictions

A Texas Lottery stand at an Austin convenience store on Feb. 20, 2025. State lawmakers agreed to let the lottery continue in Texas but placed new restrictions on the games and abolished the Texas Lottery Commission. “Texas Lottery Commission to be ...
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Can you still play the Texas lottery? Here's what the changes under the new law means

The future of the Texas Lottery is a gamble. A new law is paving the way for officials to end the program for good by 2029. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation to abolish the state’s lottery commission on June 20, but the changes aren’t as ...
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Texas stopped funding gambling addiction programs years ago. A surprising donor is helping fill the void.

A $100,000 donation from Las Vegas Sands will help a nonprofit address treatment needs in Texas, where a state law set up a “compulsive gambling program” that is no longer funded.

What is the largest lottery prize ever won in Texas?

The top 10 all won more than $70 million. The largest lottery prize ever in Texas was more than $410 million, paid out to a lottery trust in Fredericksburg on Oct. 10, 2025. In second place, a ticket worth $409 million was claimed by a lottery trust in Sugar Land in October 2024.