A new law extends the lottery for several years. Its fate had been in doubt due to some questionable practices.

The Texas Lottery will ... The Senate Friday night agreed with changes to the compromise plan, ... the Legislature now has to review and approve the continuation of the lottery by Sept ...

Texas Rep. discusses bill to redistribute DART funding, supporting abolishing the Texas lottery 22:19. In addition to all that, some lawmakers, including State Representative Matt Shaheen, R ...

The Texas lottery, which has been in the crosshairs of some of the most influential political leaders in the state for much of the year, will continue to operate for at least four more years, but ...

The Texas House has approved a compromise plan to spare the state lottery, but abolish the commission that oversees it. The bill, which passed the House with a 110-29 vote on second reading, would ...

“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 ...

According to the lottery commission, while a lot of the lottery’s revenue goes to prize payouts, less than 24% of the lottery’s $8 billion in annual sales goes to Texas public schools. Bonkers ...

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 ...

The Texas Senate in February unanimously passed a bill that would criminalize any form of online lottery ticket sales. State Sen. Bob Hall authored Senate Bill 28 , but the Edgewood Republican ...

AUSTIN — A bill that would preserve the Texas Lottery but abolish the commission that oversees it is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott. The Senate Friday night agreed with changes to the compromise ...