Lufkin Store Sells Winning $1 Million Scratch-Off Ticket

When it comes to convenience stores located in the Lufkin area, the Kwick Korner Food Mart located at the intersection of Timberland Drive and Chestnut Street is one of the smaller ones you'll find. Apparently, size doesn't matter when it comes to winning big bucks with the Texas Lottery.

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Details on Lufkin's $1 Million Scratch-Off Winner

On Wednesday, February 4, somebody walked into this convenience store at 203 S. Timberland Drive...

...spent $50 to purchase a 500X scratch-off ticket from this bin...

...and ended up winning $1 million.

The 500X game from the Texas Lottery was put into circulation in mid-September of 2024. The $50 scratch-off game features 15 top prizes of $1 million. The winning ticket sold in Lufkin represents the 13th jackpot winner claimed for this game. 2 top prizes remain.

Some of the previous $1 million winners from the 500X game have come from Flint, Houston, Copperas Cove, Adkins, and Laredo. The approximate odds of winning a top prize on this game are 1 in 400,000.

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$3 Million Scratch-Off Winner

On February 3, the Texas Lottery had another huge winner on a $50 ticket. A convenience store on West 2nd Street in Corsicana sold a winning ticket in the 500X Loteria Spectacular game worth $3 million. That game features 4 top winning tickets, all of which have now been claimed. The other 3 winning tickets were sold in Houston, San Antonio, and Baytown.