Charles Privett Brownsboro residents are quite lucky when it comes to the Texas Lottery.

For the second time in less than a month a Brownsboro man claimed the top prize in a lottery scratch off game on a ticket purchased in Tyler.

Brownsboro’s Charles Privett knew just what to wear when he headed to the Texas Lottery claim center in Tyler in early January to cash in a winning scratch-off ticket.

For Privett, it was an obvious choice to wear the “Maybe It’s Your Lucky Day” T-shirt he’d picked up on a previous visit to claim a prize. This time, Privett walked out with a lot more than the shirt on his back – he also walked away with a Big Money top prize of $100,000.

Privett, a longtime Texas Lottery player, said he was “pretty emotional” when he realized how much he’d won, and he already has a plan for what to do with his winnings.

“I was about to cry after I saw what I had,” said Privett. “I can use this money to put my kids through college.”

With more than $29 million in total prizes, the $10 Big Money features 20 ways to win and overall odds of winning any prize of one in 3.35, including break-even prizes. Privett’s $100,000 prize was the first of nine in the game. There are also 16 unclaimed secondtier prizes of $10,000.

“I want to congratulate Mr. Privett for both his good luck and for his good plan to use his prize to fund his children’s education,” said Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief. “The Texas Lottery supports education in Texas and has contributed more than $13 billion to the state’s Foundation School Fund.”

Privett purchased his ticket at One Stop located at 12666 State Highway 31 W. in Tyler.

Jeremy Van Deman of Brownsboro claimed the second of three $1 million prizes in the Texas Lottery scratch-off game Merry Millionaire in early December.

With more than $31 million in total prizes, the $20 Merry Millionaire features overall odds of winning any prize of one in 3.07, including breakeven prizes. Van Deman’s win left one $1million top prize available before it was claimed by a Houston man in late December. In addition, six second-tier prizes of $10,000 remain unclaimed.

Van Deman purchased his ticket at Pac-N-Sac II located at 6500 S. Broadway Ave. in Tyler. The retailer is eligible to receive a bonus of $10,000 for selling the winning ticket.