Whether you’re a newbie looking to participate in your first lottery or a seasoned veteran looking for a new enticing game, Lottery Texas offers players everything they need to know about gaming in Texas.  Gaming provides chances for big profits to not only those purchasing tickets, but to those retailers selling them too.

With more than nine ways to win, games in Texas provide a source of excitement as well as revenue.  Power Ball, Mega Millions, Lotto Texas, and Texas Two Step are all games played along the lines of older lottery games in other states.  In these games, players who purchase tickets choose 5 – 6 numbers. Players then await drawings held twice per week (days of drawings vary for the different games) in hopes that their chosen numbers match the winners.

Other games: All or Nothing, Pick 3, Daily 4 and Cash Five, are played more frequently throughout the week and, therefore, offer greater chances to win.  Similar to the game of Keno, All or Nothing and Cash Five offer the additional chance of winning if the ticket holds no or very few matches to the winning numbers, so–matches or none–players still win.

For those players desiring instantaneous results, retailers also sell Scratch-Offs, tickets players may redeem or discard at the time and place of purchase.  The winning combination of numbers on these tickets is pre-printed and hidden underneath a coating on the card which can be scraped off with a person’s nail or coin.  Retail merchants are responsible for paying any winnings from these tickets; however, these merchants also profit from selling winning tickets to their customers.

There are several benefits to vendors of Lottery Texas games.  In addition to increasing the number and frequency of store customers, merchants receive commission, bonus and incentive payments from winning tickets.  In fact, the average annual return to Texas lottery retailers has increased steadily from $11,309 in 2009 to $12,607 in 2011. And, with no up-front inventory costs, partaking in the games offers little risk to merchants.

The proceeds from the various games help fill state coffers as well.  The public education system received $13.6 billion from the sale of lottery tickets (Ipsos Reid Q4 FY11 Quarterly Tracking).

With the opportunity for players, vendors and public education to profit, it’s hard to find a reason not to partake in one of the games of Lottery Texas.  The only variable is determining which game best suits you.