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 ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Texans "like their Lotto and ... scratch-off games," and therefore, the state will fix the lottery.

A Texas House committee has approved legislation that would preserve the state’s lottery while dissolving the Texas Lottery ...

Senate Bill 3070 would abolish the lottery's governing board but allow the games to continue under the authority of a ...

The bill would spare the lottery from being abolished, but would keep its operations under close watch for the next two years ...

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

The legislation would end lottery couriers and restart the process to hire a vendor to oversee the behind-the-scenes operations of the state-run games ...

Some legislators are pushing to eliminate the Texas Lottery amid questions about its management and multiple criminal investigations. What started as concerns over whether lottery officials ...

You can get in touch with James by emailing j.bickerton@newsweek.com Ryan Mindell announced his resignation as executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) on Monday after the state ...

A late-filed bill to dissolve the Texas ... of the lottery indefinitely. Instead, it would require the state's Sunset Review Advisory Committee to study its operations under new management and ...