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The new law transfers oversight of the Texas Lottery is being transferred from the now-defunct Texas Lottery Commission to ...
The Texas Lottery Commission will be dissolved, and its oversight moved to the Department of Licensing and Regulation via Senate Bill 3070. This change aims to ban online ticket purchases and ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation to abolish the state’s lottery commission on June 20, but the changes aren’t as drastic as they might sound — at least, not yet. Here’s what you ...
In addition to banning online sales, the bill also dissolves the Texas Lottery Commission, the agency that has overseen the ...
Texas Legislature moves to overhaul lottery system amid scandal 02:20. The scandal surrounding the Texas Lottery is prompting big changes in the Legislature.
Texas lottery undergoes changes as new law bans online ticket sales Senate Bill 3070 authorizes the lottery to continue through 2029. For now, players can still test their luck.
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 ...
Under the compromise plan, the Lottery Commission would be abolished and oversight of the games, as well as Charitable Bingo, would be placed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
When a “purchasing group” won a ninety-five-million-dollar jackpot, the victory caused a scandal in a state where opposition ...
Bills to eliminate the lottery may not be necessary. The Lottery Commission is under its 12-year systematic evaluation and will expire Aug. 31 without reauthorization from the Legislature.