Hearne, Texas, resident claims $5 million top prize from Texas Lottery scratch ticket game

A resident from Hearne, Texas, is about to live in the lap of luxury after hitting bit on a scratch ticket game.

The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, claimed a top prize-winning ticket worth $5 million in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game Luxe . The winning ticket was purchased at an H-E-B grocery store, located at the Quickpump gas station, located at 102 S. Market St., in Hearne.

Hearne is a city in Robertson County, Texas, located about 65 miles southeast of Waco. The population of the city is 4,544, according to 2020 U.S. Census data .

This was the second of four top prizes worth $5 million to be claimed in this game. A Dallas-area resident claimed the first top prize-winning ticket in March. In addition to the two remaining top-prize tickets still up for grabs, there are also 86 second-prize tickets worth $10,000 each that have yet to be claimed.

Luxe, which costs $50 per ticket, offers more than $236.7 million in total prizes. Main game play consists of a board that has 35 numbers that players try to match to seven winning numbers. There also are three additional "bonus play" scratch areas that offer a chance to win even more money. Prize amounts for the game are $50, $100, $200, $500, $1,000, $10,000 and the top prize of $5 million.

The odds of winning the $5 million top prize are 1-in-1.5 million. Overall odds of winning any prize in the game are 1-in-3.48, including break-even prizes.

Beginning with the first ticket sold in 1992, the Texas Lottery has generated more than $39 billion in revenue for the state and distributed more than $89 billion in prizes to lottery players. The Texas Lottery provides several games for players, including Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto Texas, All or Nothing, Texas Two Step, Pick 3, Daily 4, Cash Five and scratch ticket games.