Lotto Texas Number Generator

Lotto Texas is the original jackpot game of the Texas Lottery, which calls it "The Texas Original". Tickets went on sale on November 7, 1992, eight weeks ahead of schedule, and the first drawing was held on November 14, 1992 at 9:59 p.m., televised across the state by satellite. The Quick Pick option was added on the lottery's first anniversary, May 29, 1993.

Since September 1, 2025 the game has been run by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). Senate Bill 3070 of the 89th Legislature dissolved the Texas Lottery Commission and moved all lottery and charitable bingo operations into TDLR's new Lottery and Charitable Bingo division; play itself did not change. Lottery revenue goes to the Foundation School Fund, which pays for Texas public schools, and to the Fund for Veterans' Assistance.

The matrix has changed more often than most state lotto games. Lotto Texas started as a pick-6 game with a field of 50 numbers. On July 19, 2000 four numbers were added, giving the current 54-number field and jackpot odds of about 1 in 25.8 million; the payout rose from 50% to 55% of sales at the same time.

In May 2003 the game switched to a bonus-ball format: from May 4 players chose 5 numbers from 1-44 plus a Bonus Ball from a second field of 1-44, with the first drawing on May 7, 2003. That lasted three years. On April 26, 2006 the Lottery announced "A Legend Returns!": Lotto Texas went back to a straight 6-of-54 matrix with overall odds of 1 in 71, the format it still uses.

Other changes: the drawing time moved from 9:59 p.m. to 10:12 p.m. on May 27, 2002; the Extra! add-on was approved on January 11, 2013 and first drawn on April 17, 2013; and Monday drawings were added on August 23, 2021, turning the twice-weekly Wednesday and Saturday game into a three-draw week.

Lotto Texas is drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:12 p.m. Central Time. Six different numbers are drawn from a single set of 1 to 54, with no separate bonus ball, and a line wins on how many of its six numbers appear, in any order. An independent certified public accountant witnesses each drawing, and the drawing equipment is examined before and after every draw.

Terminals stop selling for the draw break from 10:02 to 10:15 p.m. CT, so on a draw night your ticket has to be printed by 10:02 p.m. to count for that evening. Results are posted on texaslottery.com, in the Texas Lottery App, on the results line 800-375-6886 and on the screens of lottery vending machines.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Texas Lottery, Lotto Texas.

A Lotto Texas play costs $1 per drawing. The play slip has five playboards, A to E, each with its own QP box if you want the terminal to choose. Extra! costs another $1 per play per drawing and is chosen by marking YES. It adds $10,000 to a 5-of-6 prize, $100 to 4-of-6 and $10 to 3-of-6, and pays a guaranteed $2 for 2-of-6; it never applies to the jackpot.

Multi-Draw repeats the same plays for up to 15 consecutive drawings, starting with the next one, at $1 per playboard per drawing or $2 with Extra!. On the same slip you also choose how a jackpot would be paid, "30 ANNUAL PAYMENTS" or "CASH VALUE OPTION"; the choice is printed on the ticket and cannot be changed later.

Tickets are sold only in person at licensed Texas Lottery retailers, and the whole sale has to happen at the store's terminal. Texas does not sell tickets online, by phone or by mail, courier services are banned, and since SB 3070 ordering or buying a ticket through a website or app is a Class A misdemeanor. Retailers may not sell more than 100 tickets to one person in a single transaction, vending machines scan a government-issued ID before selling, and tickets cannot be bought on credit.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Texas Lottery, Lotto Texas how-to-play brochure.

There are C(54,6) = 25,827,165 possible lines. Against one set of winning numbers, 288 lines match exactly five (6 ways to keep five winners times 48 losing numbers), 16,920 match four, 345,920 match three and 2,918,700 match two. That gives the official odds above, the base game's 1 in 71.1 for any prize and, counting the Extra! 2-of-6 prize, 1 in 7.9; the 2-of-6 odds of 1 in 8.85 are our own calculation, since the Lottery does not print them. You can repeat the arithmetic in the lottery odds calculator.

The 5-of-6 and 4-of-6 amounts are estimates. By rule, 2.23% of a drawing's sales funds the 5-of-6 pool and 3.28% the 4-of-6 pool; each pool is split equally among its winners, rounded to the nearest dollar, and any unpaid part carries forward to the same level in the next drawing. The $3 for 3-of-6 is fixed, backed by 4.02% of sales and, if that falls short, by the State Lottery Account. A play wins only its highest prize.

The jackpot starts at an estimated $5 million and rolls over to the next drawing whenever no ticket matches all six numbers. The advertised figure is an annuitized amount: the prize is the greater of 40.47% of sales over the whole roll cycle (plus investment earnings) or the advertised estimate, and the Lottery publishes the sales, projections and interest factor behind each estimate on texaslottery.com.

Winners who chose 30 annual payments get the first installment after validation and the other 29 on the 15th of the drawing's month each year; payments 2 to 29 are equal and the first may be higher. The Cash Value Option pays one lump sum equal to the cost, on the day after the draw, of funding that annuity. A winner whose share would total $2 million or less in installments is paid the cash value in a single payment anyway. Every Lotto Texas jackpot must be claimed at Texas Lottery headquarters in Austin.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 401.305, Lotto Texas game rule.

Sign the back of the ticket first: an unsigned winner is payable to whoever holds it. Any Texas Lottery retailer may cash prizes of $599 or less. A 5-of-6 win, especially with Extra!, is above that, so it goes to a Texas Lottery claim center or by mail to Texas Lottery, ATTN: Austin Claim Center, PO Box 16600, Austin, TX 78761-6600; prizes from $600 to $5,000 can also be claimed in the mobile app. Prizes over $5 million, annuity prizes and all Lotto Texas jackpots are paid only at the Austin headquarters, by appointment.

You have 180 days from the draw date. The Lottery withholds 24% federal income tax on winnings above $5,000 (prize minus the wager), 30% for nonresident aliens on $600 or more, and holds back winnings from anyone who owes the state a debt or delinquent taxes. Only one person can be named as claimant, so a group without a federal employer identification number picks one member.

Checked: 2026-11-04, source: Texas Lottery, Claim Your Prize.

Mark the six numbers in one playboard of a Lotto Texas slip, tick YES for Extra! if you want it, and choose the jackpot payment box before handing the slip to the clerk at a Texas retailer. You can also just read the numbers to the clerk. Make sure the ticket prints before the 10:02 p.m. CT draw break. More in how to play a quick pick.

You must be 18 or older to buy a Lotto Texas ticket, and no generated line has a better chance than any other (why). The Texas Lottery points players to the National Council on Problem Gambling's 24/7 helpline, call or text 1-800-MY-RESET (800-522-4700), and to the Texas Coalition on Problem Gambling (txcpg.org); see also play responsibly.