The legislation stems from deep misgivings among top state leaders over the way the state-run gaming enterprise has been run.

The Texas Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to overhaul the state's lottery system, passing legislation that dismantles the Texas Lottery Commission and shifts oversight to a different state agency ...

Amid scandals and lawsuits, lawmakers are moving to eliminate the Texas Lottery Commission and hand off its duties to another ...

The bill would also mandate a review of the Texas Lottery, which could lead to the abolishment of the lottery itself.

Texas Legislature dissolves Lottery Commission following suspicious jackpot wins, bulk buy schemes, and regulatory failures, ...

One of the Texas Lottery's leading critics in the Legislature filed an 11th-hour bill Monday to keep the embattled agency alive, though the proposal would transfer its oversight from the Lottery ...

In recent years, the Texas Lottery has become embroiled in a number of scandals and is currently under investigation.

Mindell, who previously served as the lottery's deputy director and operations director, leaves behind an agency under legislative scrutiny and investigations by the Texas Rangers in the ...

Since 2009, the Texas Lottery has contributed over $262 million to veterans’ programs, according to the agency’s website. Sen. Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, the author of SB 28 and one of the most ...

Some legislators are pushing to eliminate the Texas Lottery ... put the lottery in limbo. With weeks left in the legislative session, lawmakers haven’t budgeted funds for the agency that ...