A single Quick Pick ticket sold at a Murphy USA convenience store in Angleton matched all six numbers in Monday night's Lotto Texas drawing, turning an unknown buyer into the owner of a $26.75 million jackpot. The winning numbers — 15, 16, 25, 28, 38 and 53 — were drawn as part of the game's regular Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night schedule, and the ticket was purchased at Murphy USA store 5695 at 1803 N. Velasco in Angleton.
The win was first reported by FOX 26 Houston, which cited Texas Lottery records showing the ticket was a Quick Pick, meaning the winning combination was computer-generated rather than hand-selected. The station's report notes the winner has 180 days from the draw date to come forward and claim the prize. If the winner opts for a lump-sum payout instead of 30 annual installments, Texas Lottery financial records put the estimated Cash Value Option at $14.1 million before taxes.
Odds Longer Than 25 Million to One
Landing on all six numbers from a field of 1 to 54 is not easy math. The odds of matching every number in a single $1 Lotto Texas play are 1 in 25,827,165, according to financial rules governing the game. A ticket costs $1, with an optional $1 Extra! add-on that can boost non-jackpot prizes up to $10,000.
The jackpot winner wasn't the only person to cash in from Monday's drawing. Four other tickets matched five of six numbers, each worth $4,327 — or $14,327 with the Extra! add-on — among 10,359 total winning tickets statewide, per Texas Lottery figures. With the jackpot now claimed, the annuitized Lotto Texas prize reset to an estimated $5 million, with an estimated cash value of $2.64 million, ahead of the next drawing on Wednesday.
Will Angleton Ever Learn the Winner's Name
Whether locals ever find out who bought the ticket depends entirely on how the winner chooses to collect. Under Texas House Bill 59, passed in 2017, and related administrative rules, anyone claiming a prize of $1 million or more can remain anonymous to the public if they take the lump-sum cash option, as detailed by MySA. That means the Angleton winner could collect $14.1 million and never have their name attached to the story at all.
The Murphy USA station that sold the ticket stands to benefit too. Under the state's Retailer Bonus Program, a licensed retailer that sells a jackpot-winning Lotto Texas ticket can receive a bonus payment of up to $500,000, depending on total sales and program budget allocations, according to Texas Lottery documentation.
A Changed Lottery Landscape
This jackpot lands amid a reshaped regulatory environment for Texas gambling. Oversight of the Texas Lottery shifted in 2025 from the standalone Texas Lottery Commission to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Senate Bill 3070, following a legislative sunset review, as reported by NASPL. The same period saw a statewide ban on third-party lottery courier services take effect, meaning players must still buy tickets in person at licensed retailers like the Angleton Murphy USA rather than through a phone app.
Despite the regulatory shake-up, Lotto Texas keeps minting big winners. The Angleton jackpot comes four months after a Richardson resident won $41 million with a Quick Pick ticket purchased at a 7-Eleven in Mesquite, following 66 consecutive rollovers, according to CBS News. Hoodline covered that millionaire-making Mesquite win when it happened in April.
The lottery's broader financial footprint in Texas remains substantial. In Fiscal Year 2025, the Texas Lottery transferred $1.78 billion to the Foundation School Fund, pushing its cumulative contribution to Texas public education past $35.5 billion since 1997, per NASPL's reporting. For now, the identity of Angleton's newest multimillionaire remains unknown, and under state law, it may stay that way.
