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 Texas Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to eliminate the Texas Lottery Commission, which seeks to shift ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...