Explore the Texas Lottery controversy with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and state Sen. Bettencourt, uncovering a $95M jackpot scheme ...

The Texas Lottery will continue, but the Legislature has mandated a series of reforms and placed it under a different state ...

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Under the compromise plan, the Lottery Commission would be abolished and oversight of the games, as well as Charitable Bingo, ...

The scandal surrounding the Texas Lottery is prompting big changes in the Legislature. The Texas House passed a bill Monday morning that will transfer the lottery games to the Texas Department of ...

The state Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that would preserve the Texas Lottery, but abolished the commission that oversees it. The bill would move oversight and control of the games’ ...

The last day of Texas' 2025 legislative session is here. After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, the Texas Legislature has ...

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

New legislation wouldn’t abolish the lottery, just add restrictions; sunset review could still eliminate the game ...

Reform discussions intensified after a highly ... In April, Ryan Mindell resigned as executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission following a series of scandals around the use of couriers.

DALLAS — The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would save the Texas Lottery but place it under new leadership and add several new restrictions. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick calls it a ...