The Senate Friday night agreed with changes to the compromise plan, paving the way for the beleaguered state lottery to be managed by the Texas Department ... and approve the continuation of ...

(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) The Texas House has approved a compromise plan to spare the state ... now has to review and approve the continuation of the lottery by Sept. 1, 2029.

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 Rangers, requested by Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) – A Texas state senator who previously called for eliminating the Texas Lottery is now proposing ... He outlined plans to include restrictions on where people can buy tickets ...

“I don't find anybody anxious to defend the lottery and jump up for it,” Hall said in a recent interview with The Texas Tribune. Supporters of the lottery’s continuation, like Rep. Josey ...

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 TRIBUNE – The Texas Lottery Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to ban lottery courier companies from selling tickets online amid lawmakers’ ongoing criticism of the practice. The ...

After years of claiming that companies selling lottery tickets online could not be regulated, the Texas Lottery Commission ... clear whether the Legislature plans to defund the commission or ...