This September we reported on many of the promotions that the different state lotteries were offering with a sports team. This is a strategic alliance between state lotteries and sports entities so that both actually win. There are plenty to choose from and if you are a big fan of your football or hockey team, most probably your state might be offering the right game for you. These are the cases wherein not winning can actually lead you to the most exciting experience of you life. State lottery

Why? Usually for these type of sports themed scratcher tickets, the special sports experiences are offered in a sweepstakes draw for non-winning tickets. So if you don´t win cash instantly you are happy still to be able to participate to win one of the sweepstakes. Besides, playing the lottery is all about collaborating with the community. Lotteries

Richard Zingraf however can smile all the way because won a sweet prize from Texas lottery. He’s a Houston Texans football fan and he just won the ultimate fan experience! That is actually the nicest prize a football fan can dream of winning.

Richard bought a Houston Texans scratch-off game from Texas Lottery. It was a losing ticket. Losing tickets, however, are eligible for second chance drawings. Richard entered his losing ticket and won.

This is only part of what he won:

• Round-trip on a private jet to a Houston Texans away game.

• Police escort to the stadium.

• 2 tickets to the game.

• Pre-game sideline access.

• A meeting with the Houston Texans owner.

• High-end gift bag with Texans memorabilia.

• One-night stay in a Houston hotel the night before the game.

For any sports fan, this is more than the money that the top prize of the scratcher ticket would actually be able to buy. This is the ultimate prize for a sports fan. Although there is no value reported to this whole experience, we can surely estimate it to be over $100,000. The Houston Texans scratch-off ticket costs $5 and the top prize of this game is $100, 000. Seven of those top prizes have already been won, so there are seven more left. Easily we could conclude that by winning the utmost Houston Texans experience, Richard has won practically a prize that is as big as the cash top prize.

Lucky! Plus sometimes even if you had the cash, you would not have been able to have the chance of meeting the owner of your favorite football team. That is priceless!

“This is exciting; I’ve never won anything like this before,’ Richard said. “I hope I get to see a Texans victory.” Go Texans!