New Mexico Lottery Sells Ticket for Tonight’s $7.3 Million Hot Lotto Jackpot

08/05/2013

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Lottery has sold a winning Hot Lotto ticket for tonight’s jackpot of $7.3 million. It is the only winning ticket nationwide.

The winning numbers are 2, 4, 29, 38, 41 and a Hot Ball of 7. This is the sixth jackpot-winning ticket sold in New Mexico.

The lottery recommends that the ticket holder:

  • Sign the winning ticket immediately since it is a bearer instrument.
  • Meet with an attorney and/or financial advisor before coming to lottery headquarters to claim the prize.
  • Call lottery security to provide basic identifying information about the ticket and its purchase, and make an appointment to claim the prize at lottery headquarters in Albuquerque.

Hot Lotto is played in 16 lotteries. Since joining the game in 2006, New Mexico Lottery players have won five Hot Lotto jackpots.

The sale of New Mexico Lottery games funds a college tuition assistance program. Since 1996, the New Mexico Lottery has raised more than $572 million for public education and more than 82,600 students have attended college on Legislative Lottery Scholarships. More information about the Legislative Lottery Scholarship program is available at www.nmlottery.com. More information about the Legislative Lottery Scholarship program is available at www.nmlottery.com.

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