Edith Patlan purchased tickets at a Texas Lottery terminal at Fuel City in Dallas on Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)(LM Otero / AP) Some legislators are pushing to eliminate the Texas Lottery ...

Questions are swirling at the Texas Capitol over the future of the Texas Lottery and the Lottery Commission. It comes after state leaders say questionable jackpots have been awarded. Lawmakers ...

The Texas House on Monday gave final approval to a bill that would preserve the state lottery, but subject it to a series of reforms.(LM Otero / AP) The Texas House on Monday gave final approval ...

ROSENBERG, TEXAS – At Lucky Rudy's, a convenience store outside of Houston, 30-year-old Eli Sierra holds up a fresh scratch-off. Buying lottery and ... the center of the debate are online ...

The Texas Lottery is trying to navigate tumultuous waters as its executive director has resigned and no funds have been designated for the new spending period beginning Sept. 1. Legislators have ...

SB 3070, which awaits Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature, would move the lottery game to Texas’ Department of Licensing and Regulation and includes new restrictions on ticket purchases. Audio ...

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas ... prevents the immediate abolition of the lottery and subjects its ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Instead of expanding gambling, Texas lawmakers have threatened to end the state lottery this session as they look closer at the agency overseeing it. The Texas Lottery ...

The Texas Lottery Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to ban lottery courier companies from selling tickets online amid lawmakers’ ongoing criticism of the practice. The vote was an about-face ...

A woman in Texas is accusing the state’s Lottery Commission of withholding an $83.5 million jackpot three months after the numbers on her ticket matched the winning numbers in a drawing ...

A Texas lottery player is pursuing legal action against state officials, alleging she hasn't received her multi-million-dollar prize months after winning. The unnamed woman is suing Sergio Rey ...

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.