32 MILLION WINNERS! February March 2007

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1 February March 2007 News about winners, scratch-off prizes, new games and more! The Texas Lottery offers a large variety of scratch-off games that s bound to have something for everyone. One of our popular design themes is the whimsical theme. This theme brings an element of light-hearted fun to an otherwise serious gaming mix. This winter, the Texas Lottery introduced several whimsical tickets for you to choose from. Lucky Dog Doubler is a $1 ticket with a top prize. This game is perfect for dog lovers out there! Snake Eyes Doubler, a fun $1 dice-style game, offers a top prize and is sure to be a hit! For those of you who like the tripler feature, we are introducing the $1 Turtle Tripler. Turtles may be slow, but this one crosses the finish line in a big way, with a top prize of $3,000! Last but not least, we are pleased to introduce the $5 Panda-Money-Um ticket! These fun little bears offer 20 chances per ticket to win a serious top prize of $50,000. Be sure to check out these tickets at your favorite lottery retailer! Over 32 Million Winners in October/November 2006! 32 MILLION WINNERS!

2 Kenneth Donnell of Graham isn t afraid of the number 13, nor is he a disbeliever in the possible prophetic nature of dreams. A dream his wife had and the number 13 both figured prominently in the events that led The Kenneth Donnell Trust to claim the top prize of $5,000 per week for 20 years in the Set for Life scratch-off from the Texas Lottery. My wife has purchased a total of 13 Set for Life tickets and has won some good prizes, but not like this, Donnell said. In fact, it was some of the money she won playing this game that I used to buy the ticket that had this prize. Earlier in the day, Donnell s wife, Janna, had taken a nap and had a dream that would come true that evening. On their way to dinner, they stopped and bought some Set for Life tickets from the Graham Minit Mart, located at 1000 Indiana St. in Graham. They had dinner, scratched off a prizewinning ticket, and returned to the store to cash in that ticket and buy another. The one I bought was the thirteenth ticket to come out of the roll, he said. I noticed that number right away. The next thing I said to my wife was, Oh, my gosh, it says, Life, and after that, I was speechless!

3 Austin s Dora Angeles is a wellinformed Texas Lottery player, so she always checks to find out which scratch-off games are more likely to have top prizes remaining before she buys a ticket. Angeles homework paid off, because in late October she claimed a top cash prize of $30,000 in the $2 Betty Boop scratch-off game. All I really knew about the game was that it was pretty new and that most of the top prizes were probably still unclaimed, said Angeles. I went home to scratch it and I jumped and screamed when I saw what I had, but I still didn t believe it until my husband and sister looked at it too. Angeles said that prior to this win, the most she d ever won was $500. She plans to use her new winnings to pay off some bills. She bought her winning ticket at Kwik Food Mart located at 2157 Gaston Place in Austin. Pretty soon, Doug Smith of Cedar Park won t need his glasses to check his Texas Lottery results every morning. Using family birthdays for good luck, he matched all five numbers in the October 24th Cash Five drawing, and collected his $27,606 prize. The bespectacled Smith didn t hesitate when asked what he was going to do with his prize. The first thing I m going to do is get LASIK eye surgery, so I can get rid of these glasses, said Smith. We ll probably use the rest to pay some bills and maybe for a down payment on a car. Smith said he d been using another set of numbers forever without hitting the jackpot, so he recently switched to family birthdays. The switch definitely paid off, and Smith has already bought his ticket for the next Cash Five drawing. Smith purchased his winning ticket at the Lakeline Food Stop located at 1075 North Lakeline Blvd. in Cedar Park.

4 October 25 was a cloudy, stormy day in Central Texas, but Don A. Waddell of Waco saw nothing but blue skies on his drive to Texas Lottery headquarters in Austin. Nothing could dampen his spirits that day, because he was in town to pick up a top prize of $75,000 in the Bonus Break the Bank scratch-off game. The traffic may have been heavy, but I really couldn t tell you, Waddell said. I m just so happy, nothing s going to spoil my day! Wednesday wasn t Waddell s first brush with Texas Lottery luck. He said he also won $30,000 on another scratch-off ticket last year. Waddell said he plans to use his Bonus Break the Bank winnings to buy a new truck, and he ll probably put the rest in the bank. Patricia Conaway of Palestine has her own unique way of picking her numbers for the Texas Two Step on-line game. I picked the current ages of my son and daughter, and the ages they were soon to be, consecutively, Conaway said. I started to use thirty-two as the bonus ball number, but changed it to nine, after my granddaughter s age. My first instinct would ve made me a millionaire! Still, Conaway matched four numbers in the September 21st Texas Two Step drawing for a respectable $1,660 in winnings! She was home watching the 10 o clock news when she discovered she had won. I knew I had won as soon as I saw the first four numbers! she said. Conaway planned to use her winnings to take her daughter to Shreveport for the weekend. She bought her ticket at JJ s #211 located at 1901 Crockett Road in Palestine.

5 Drawing results are available right after the Day and Night draws at Webcast link on Watch live streaming video of Lotto Texas Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:12 PM CT, and see past drawings through our on demand feature. NewGames #681 Turtle Tripler ($1) Top Prize: $3,000 #693 Go For The Gold ($10) Top Prize: $250,000 #688 Triple Fortune ($2) Top Prize: $25,000 #736 Snake Eyes Doubler ($1) Top Prize: #780 Panda-Money-Um ($5) Top Prize: $50,000 #781 Lucky 7 s ($1) Top Prize: #783 Texas Trails ($2) Top Prize: $25,000 #787 Magic Numbers ($2) Top Prize: $25,000 #789 Billiards ($1) Top Prize: #790 Crown Jewels ($5) Top Prize: $50,000 DO YOU THINK YOU 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 $1 million and above a possible winning instant ticket paid as an annuity a possible winning instant ticket valued at $1 million and above Please call LOTTO prior to traveling to Austin for processing. February March 2007 W i n n i n g! GamesClosing Call Date: 11/1/06 End of Game: 12/31/06 End Validations: 6/29/07 #564 Fire N Ice Odds: 1 in 4.27 #619 Lucky Times 7 Odds: 1 in 4.46 #620 Gold Fever Odds: 1 in 4.78 #636 Ace of Spades Odds: 1 in 4.65 #648 Super 5 s Odds: 1 in 3.58 #673 Joker s Wild Odds: 1 in 4.85 # Odds: 1 in 4.88 #683 $50,000 Riches Odds: 1 in 3.51 #727 Golden Ticket Odds: 1 in 4.18 Call Date: 12/1/06 End of Game: 1/30/07 End Validations: 7/29/07 #577 Easy 10 Odds: 1 in 4.65 #603 Set For Life Odds: 1 in 3.47 #637 3 Of A Kind Odds: 1 in 3.39 #645 Cash To Boot Odds: 1 in 4.83 #650 Casino Cash Odds: 1 in 2.92 #656 Harley Davidson, Bucks & Trucks Odds: 1 in 3.66 #664 Pac-Man Odds: 1 in 4.12 #674 Poker Royale Odds: 1 in 4.32 #676 Hot Texas Cash Odds: 1 in 3.32 #677 Pink Panther Odds: 1 in 4.84 #678 $250,000 Riches Odds: 1 in 2.78 #679 Texas Tripler Odds: 1 in 4.72 #696 Casino Royale Odds: 1 in 3.03 #698 Find The 9 s Odds: 1 in 4.85 #724 Diamond Dazzler 3X Odds: 1 in 3.86 #729 Wild 10 s Odds: 1 in 3.14 NOTICE: A scratch-off game may continue to be sold even when all the top prizes have been claimed. For current information on prizes remaining in a scratch-off game, call LOTTO. Must be 18 years of age or older to purchase a 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 Prizes Paid in October / November 2006 Scratch-Offs... $279,163,630 Pick 3... $22,201,190 Cash Five... $6,237,603 Texas Two Step... $3,576,030 Lotto Texas... $13,458,017 Mega Millions... $2,906,369 Total: $327,542,839

6 Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Cheryl Holm De Leon Holiday Treasures $250,000 Ray Sylvester Amarillo Lotto Texas $2,241 Rachel Alexander Temple Mega Millions $600 Priscilla Perez El Paso Scratchman Returns Mohammed N. Najjab Lubbock Rocky Obie Williams Converse Cash Five $662 Tomas Hinojos Odessa Wild Doubler Melva Gatson Little Elm Wild 10 s $5,000 Tommy Neal Arlington World Poker Tour $100,000 Texas Hold Em $560 Glenda Morgan Milford Instant Keno Amanda Tanner Mineral Wells Payday $3,000 Gary White Grand Prairie Lotto Texas $2,569 Manuel Gonzalez Longview Monthly Bonus $2,000 Lisa Nichols Mt. Pleasant 3 of a Kind Robert Jody Allison Laredo Holiday Grab Bag Joe Gonzalez Alice Betty Boop $2,000 Miriam S. Depaz Richmond Bah Humbucks $2,500 Julia M. Jacobs Houston Pick 3 $660 Roman G. Perez Laredo Sizzlin Sevens $700 Celina B. Scott Port Isabel Run the Table Ann Davis Evans, LA. Holiday Treasures P L AY R E S P O N S I B L Y.