The gas station draws big crowds ahead of drawings.
ROSENBERG, Texas — A Rosenberg gas station says it is the “#1 lottery seller in Texas” and with an estimated $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot Friday night, the store was expected to do big business.
Lucky Rudy’s on Avenue I near Millie Street in Rosenberg is considered one of the luckiest places in the Houston area. Rudy’s sold a $1 million scratch-off ticket in 2019, a $525,000 winning Mega Million ticket in 2004 and a $250,000 scratch off ticket in 2021.
Can recent history in Fort Bend County repeat itself? A $800 million Mega Millions jackpot was sold at Murphy’s USA in Sugar Land in September. Murphy USA is along Highway 90 Alt at University Boulevard.
The Mega Millions drawing was scheduled for 10 p.m. CST Friday night.
Retailers receive 5% commission on lottery tickets sold. Stores that sell tickets that win a jackpot prize receive 1% of the prize money.
If a winning ticket was purchased in Texas, the winner can remain anonymous.
Lucky numbers
Any combination of numbers has the same odds of winning, but some numbers have been picked in Mega Millions draws more frequently.
White balls drawn from Oct. 2017 to present:
- 3: Drawn 70 times
- 10: Drawn 69 times
- 14: Drawn 65 times
- 17: Drawn 65 times
- 29: Drawn 61 times
Mega Balls drawn from Oct. 2017 to present:
- 11: Drawn 40 times
- 22: Drawn 39 times
- 18: Drawn 37 times
- 24: Drawn 37 times
- 4: Drawn 35 times
- 25: Drawn 35 times