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PLEASANTON RESIDENT CLAIMS $1 MILLION SCRATCH TICKET PRIZE
(AUSTIN) – A Pleasanton resident claimed a top prizewinning ticket worth $1 million in the
Texas Lottery
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scratch ticket game $1,000,000 Extreme Cash. The ticket was purchased at Z S
Super Stop, located at 4460 E. State Highway 97, in Pleasanton. The claimant elected to
remain anonymous.
This was the third of four top prizes worth $1 million to be claimed in this game. $1,000,000
Extreme Cash offers more than $135.9 million in total prizes. Overall odds of winning any prize
in the game are one in 3.57, including break-even prizes.
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Editors/News Directors, note: An image of the $1,000,000 Extreme Cash scratch ticket is
attached in JPEG format.
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