Houston resident claims $1 million scratch ticket prize

One Houston resident is a millionaire after claiming a top prize winning ticket from a scratch ticket game, Texas Lottery officials said. 

The winning ticket from the game, $1,000,000 Crossword, was sold at Sunny's Citgo, located at 8401 Long Point Road in Houston. 

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Lottery officials said this was the first of four top prizes worth $1 million to be claimed in the game. 

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$1,000,000 Crossword offers more than $152.4 million in total prizes. Overall odds of winning any prize in the game are one in 3.41, including break-even prizes.