Tiny Texas Town Of 454 People Just Produced A $1.8 Million Lottery Winner

The Texas Two Step game has a winner! A Cefco convenience store in the tiny town of Kosse, Texas, sold the only ticket in the state that matched all five numbers. That winning ticket is worth a little over $1.8 million, before taxes. The Texas Two Step jackpot will now go back down to $200,000 for the next drawing on Thursday, August 6.

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Interesting Things To Know About Kosse, Texas

Kosse, Texas is located on Highway 7, between Centerville and Marlin; that's about a 2-hour drive from Nacogdoches. The Kosse city limit sign shows a population of 454. The town may be tiny, but it does have several claims to fame. One of the trailblazers of music was born in Kosse. Bob Wills, the King of Western Swing, was born there in 1905. Legendary Texas gunslinger John Wesley Hardin was not born in Kosse, but he did gun down a man at a hotel in Kosse.

Another Big Win At A Small Texas Town

Kosse wasn't the only small town in Texas that produced a big Texas Lottery winner on Monday. The hard-to-win All or Nothing game produced its first winner in over 2 months thanks to a winning ticket purchased at a Stop & Go store in Buchanan Dam, Texas. That's a $250,000 payout. The only ways you can win the jackpot in this game are to either match all 12 numbers drawn or match NONE of the numbers drawn. That winning ticket did not match any of the numbers selected.