Wednesday's Texas Lotto jackpot moves to $14 million; 14 tickets won the second prize

Texas Lotto News and Payout for Saturday, March 1st, 2014 Drawing

The grand prize in Texas Lotto drawing jumped to $14 million for the Wednesday drawing. None of the tickets sold for Saturday's $13.50 million drawing hit six winning numbers. The winning numbers drawn Saturday night, March 1st, 2014 were 18, 33, 41, 47, 49 and 50. The Texas Lotto grand prize has been rolling over for 17 draws since Saturday, January 4th, 2014. The last jackpot was won by one lucky ticket which matched all six numbers for a $12,000,000 top prize.

Though the jackpot was not awarded Saturday evening, Texas Lotto did produce some big winners. There were 14 2nd prize winning tickets sold Saturday night's drawing, matching 5 of 6 numbers and won the second prize. 14 lucky winning ticket(s) would win $2,328 cash. In the past year, the second prize payout ranged from $801 to $9,338 with an average payout $2,303.

Additional prizes won Saturday night included 810 tickets that matched 4 of 6 winning numbers. 810 winning ticket(s) will collect $59 cash each. In the past year, the third prize paid the lowest $30 and highest $66 with an average payout $52.

Texas Lotto drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:12 PM Central Time. Texas Lotto game uses a 6/54 system from which winning numbers are chosen. The chances of winning are about 1 to 71. The chances of matching 6 Texas Lotto numbers are 1 to 25.8 million. The minimum Texas Lotto grand prize starts at 4 million dollar. If no ticket wins the grand prize, the top prize pool money will be carried over to the next jackpot.

With four different prize tiers, there were a total of 17,820 winning tickets sold across the state of Texas in the Saturday, March 1st, 2014 drawing. Here is a detailed breakdown of the Texas Lotto prize payout for the Saturday's drawing:

• No ticket matched 6 of 6. In the past 1 year, tickets hit 6 of 6 in Texas Lotto drawing, won from $4,000,000 to $19,500,000, with an average of $8,617,500 prize payout.
• 14 winners matched 5 of 6 and won $2,328 each. In the past 12 months, winning tickets matched 5 of 6 in Texas Lotto drawing, won from $801 to $9,338, with an average of $2,303 prize payout.
• 810 ticket(s) matched 4 of 6 and won $59 each. In the past year, winning tickets of this prize level in the drawing of Texas Lotto, won from $30 to $66, with an average of $52 prize payout.
• 16996 ticket(s) matched 3 of 6 and won $3 each. In the past 12 months, tickets hit 3 of 6 in Texas Lotto drawing, won a minimum of $3 to max $3. The average prize payout of this prize level was $3.