Old-Town Charm of Richmond Lands the City In A Texas Lottery Commercial The city of Richmond served as a unique backdrop for a new Texas Lottery commercial, highlighting Richmond’s recognition for old-town charm as well as serving education needs in Texas in late March, 2010.

The commercial features a giant red ball rolling down a quaint and beautiful downtown Richmond street to the awe of passers-by, highlighting the Texas Lottery’s new participation in the high-stakes multi-state PowerBall Lottery. PowerBall jackpots have reached hundreds of millions of dollars, and, as with all Texas Lottery sales, the Texas ticket proceeds go to the Foundation School Fund to benefit education in Texas. Over the last twelve years, Texas Lottery has funded $12 billion in Texas education.

Several Richmond residents acted in the commercial, including a Sandy McGee’s Restaurant employee, Catherine Sdao. Catherine had originally arrived with restaurant owner Sandy McGee to serve food and drinks, but she was quickly recruited into the commercial. “The next thing I knew after arriving was people were changing my clothes and telling me to hold something,” Sdao said.

Two great area parks were also used for shooting, including NASA’s Rocket Park at the Johnson Space Center featuring actual rockets from a NASA space flight and the close-by George Ranch Historical Park , a long-loved 480-acre living-history museum on a 23,000-acre working ranch.

Stay tuned to your favorite local channels to see the new commercial!

Sources: Fort Bend Herald Texas Lottery, NASA Rocket Park, George Ranch Historical Park