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 ...

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

who had to defend the agency. SB 1988 would end the Texas Lottery on Jan. 1, 2026; shift remaining lottery funds to the Foundation School Program; and transfer regulation of bingo to the Texas ...

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 ...

which all state agencies face every 12 years. If lawmakers don't approve its continuation, it will be shut down. The Lottery Commission is under a number of state investigations by the Texas ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission has resigned, the latest shake-up at the state’s retail gambling enterprise amid multiple investigations into jackpots in ...

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 ...

Texas lawmakers have threatened to end the state lottery this session as they look closer at the agency overseeing it. The Texas Lottery Commission is currently undergoing a review. In order to ...