The Texas Two Step lottery game is a lottery game from the Texas Lottery game stable that began in 2001 exactly 10 years after Texas Lottery was born. It is available throughout Texas. It is heartening to know that 63% of the Texas Lottery sale is available as prize money. 25% is channelled towards funding education.
Playing the Texas Two Step is as easy as the dance of the same name, just in 2 steps. Buy ticket and win buckets of money !
The Texas Two Step lottery is a fantastic way to have fun and reap money.
The Texas Two Step is supposedly the most popular lottery game in Texas.
The Texas Two Step lottery game has 2 groups of numbers from which you need to select a total of 5 numbers. The 1st 4 numbers has to be picked from numbers 1 to 35 and the 5th number has to be picked again from 1 to 35. The 5th number picked is called the Bonus Ball number. This enhances your chance of winning a Texas two Step game.
The initial jackpot prize money begins $200,000 and continues to increase till winner emerges. The cost of a Texas Two Step game is $1. The draws of Texas Two Step are held 2 days a week, on Monday and Thursday nights at 10.12 pm.
The draw of Texas Two Step lottery game is conducted using a machine that has balls for rolling. The highest level of security is built-in to ensure impartiality. It is held in Austin, Texas. The Texas Two Step draw is as webcast live.
The chance of winning a Texas Two Step jackpot is 1 in 1,832,600.
The chance of winning a Texas Two Step game is 1 in 32.37.
Eligibility
The players should have attained the age of 18, minimum.
Prizes
You may use the services of the Texas Two Step retailer or the Texas Lottery website to check if you have won a lottery.
Payment
The prize money up to $599 may be collected at the retailer where you won.
Prizes money from $600 to $1,000,000 may be collected at any of the many Lottery Claim Centre. This should be accompanied with a Texas Lottery claim form.
Prize money above $1,000,000 has to be collected from the Texas Lottery Headquarters which is in Austin.
The 1st prize if Texas Two Step that is the jackpot prize is paid in cash that too the whole amount in one shot. There is no annual payment option. This is the only game in the Texas Lottery that has only one payment option.
You must claim you prize within 180 days from the date of the draw you won.
Draw Test
Texas Two Step games have a test procedure prior to the official draw. This procedure ensures that the machines used for the draw are in good working condition. It also confirms that the balls are actually drawn randomly.
Normally 4 such tests are conducted before every actual draw. In case the test does not meet the preset conditions, the whole ball sets are changed, just like a pack of cards is changed in a card game.
This is done because core values of Texas Lottery that are Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation, Fiscal Accountability, Customer Responsiveness, Teamwork and excellence.
The objective of Texas Lottery is to generate revenue for the government of Texas through legal and ethical means.