The winning ticket, purchased online through the courier Jackpocket, is being scrutinized by lawmakers concerned about the ...

A possible reassignment of the charitable games comes as 15 bills in the Legislature seek to either alter or abolish the ...

More: How did the Texas lottery get into this mess? Because no one was watching the bureaucrats. Although he struggled to reconcile the two viewpoints ... that at every step of the way they ...

In a whirlwind day for the embattled Texas Lottery Commission ... take the ban one step further — making online lottery sales a criminal act. And in between those two actions, Gov.

Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, was the Texas Lottery Commission and its ... Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, who introduced an unsuccessful lottery reform bill two years ago, was critical of how minors can ...

The bill, which had bipartisan support from more than two dozen co-authors, would also classify online lotto ticket sales as a misdemeanor offense. Hall argued that the Texas Lottery Commission ...

In the wake of hours-long hearings and a deluge of new information from the Texas ... lottery’s process, the statement said, and whether any state or federal laws were broken during each of two ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday he directed the Texas Rangers to investigate two incidents involving the state lottery: “a bulk purchase of lottery tickets in April 2023 and the ...

Texas Lottery Drawings That Paid Out Big Jackpots Are the Focus of Widening Investigations AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two major lottery drawings in Texas that put nearly $180 million in the pockets of ...

The investigation into two controversial lottery jackpots in Texas has drummed up questions about the role of online ticketing firms, known as lottery couriers, in the state and nationwide.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two major lottery drawings in Texas that put nearly $180 million in the pockets of winning ticket holders have set off widening state investigations over concern that ticket ...