Texans are caught up in Mega Millions fever as the jackpot reaches $1.22 billion, with players like Jake Utterback religiously sticking to their lucky numbers.

One ticket sold in California won the $1.22 billion jackpot in Friday's Mega Millions drawing. A ticket sold in Arlington, Texas won a $1 million prize. 472,789 tickets sold in Texas won some sort of prize,

“We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn out to be if you ended up with a ticket worth a $1.15 billion jackpot,” Joshua Johnston, lead director for the Mega Millions Consortium, said in a news release before the jackpot rose again to $1.22 billion.