With the cost of everything going up constantly, it would be a huge relief to find out that you could financially secure for awhile. We're doing our part to help you WIN CASH and we've already hooked up several East Texans with some money but in all honesty, we can't top what the Texas Lottery has.

The Texas Lottery Announced That Texas' Newest Millionaire Is From Gilmer.

According to a press release we received from the Texas Lottery, someone in Gilmer purchased a scratch off ticket at Tiger Express #5, located at 1418 U.S. Highway 271 N. and found out that they WON $5 MILLION.

The Scratch Game Is Called $200,000,000 Cash Blowout

This was the second of four top prizes worth $5 million to be claimed in this game. $200,000,000 Cash Blowout! offers more than $225 million in total prizes. Overall odds of winning any prize in the game are one in 3.38, including break-even prizes. I'm not going to lie to you, $50 is A LOT to spend for a scratch-off ticket.

The Gilmer Winner Joins Other East Texas Lottery Winners Who Won Big This Year.

So far this year, we've already seen several big money Texas Lottery winners including a Mabank, TX resident who won $1 Million back in January. Just a few months after that win, a Tyler resident came forward to claim a $3 million prize from the $250 Million Cash Party Scratch-Off game. What do all these scratch-off have in common besides becoming instantly rich? They all chose to stay anonymous to keep the strangers at bay and if you're wondering if they can do that, check out this story and have all your questions answered.