The fate of the Texas Lottery Commission was uncertain during most of the recent legislative session, after several scandals ...

When a “purchasing group” won a ninety-five-million-dollar jackpot, the victory caused a scandal in a state where opposition ...

An alternative was presented earlier this month in an unusual late-session filing of Senate Bill 3070: let the Texas ... Beyond the agency move, SB 3070 contains several other lottery regulations ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Texas Lottery Commission's executive director, Ryan Mindell, resigned Monday, according to a media release. Mindell's exit comes as the agency faces at least two investigations ordered by Gov.

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 ...

The Texas Senate on Friday gave final approval on a proposal to abolish the Texas Lottery Commission and transfer the state’s game to another agency after a last-ditch effort to kill the game ...