Texas Lottery Commission faces heat from the LT Governor

Texas Lottery commissioner resigns shortly after controversial wins draw state officials' scrutiny
A Texas Lottery commissioner has resigned his post just days after the Texas Lottery came under the microscope of state officials.
Texas Lottery Commission faces heat from the LT Governor over $83.5 million winning ticket
Lt Governor Dan Patrick is calling for the end of the Texas Lottery Commission’s use of lotto couriers to sell purchased tickets through online apps.This comes after Patrick toured the North Austin facility that sold Monday’s winning ticket.
Texas lottery win raises questions about third-party courier services
The person who won the $83.5 million prize bought their ticket through an app called Jackpocket, a subsidiary of the sports gambling company DraftKings.
$83 million Texas lottery ticket sparks investigation. ‘Time we take a deep look’
“This is not the way the lottery was designed to operate,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, after the $83.5 million ticket was sold through an Austin retailer owned by a lottery courier.
In criticizing $83M Lotto Texas win, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick raises questions about 2023 jackpot
After a single player won Monday night’s Lotto Texas $83.5 million jackpot, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick decided to check out where the lucky ticket was sold. On Tuesday, he paid a surprise visit to the small North Austin store,
Texas Lottery win raises concerns from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: 'Doesn't look right'
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he is concerned about fairness and transparency after an $83.5 million-winning ticket was sold to a courier service that also owns the store where the ticket was bought.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he has 'no confidence' in the Texas Lottery
In an exclusive interview, the powerful Republican cast major doubt on the future of the 33-year-old, state-run gaming ...
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Texas Lottery could go away amid fraud allegations, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is investigating the legality of lottery couriers after a winning $83.5M lottery ticket was sold at a ...
Texas' Dan Patrick investigates Austin store that sold $83.5M lottery ticket
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is looking into a lottery store that sold an $83-million ticket, calling into question courier services.
Cheating allegations and lawsuit lead Texas lawmakers to ponder abolishing state lottery
Allegations of cheating and a new lawsuit have lawmakers in Austin considering something a lot of people across Texas may not ...
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Texas Lottery ticket sales to third-party services fuel controversy and questions about the agency’s future
Gov. Dan Patrick, who posted a video on X on Wednesday that showed him inside the business interviewing employees. Patrick said in the video there were “[lottery] terminal after terminal” in ...
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Austin lottery win raises questions about third-party courier services
"The bottom line is, if people are going to have confidence in the lottery, we have to be sure that no one has an advantage," Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a video posted to social media on ...
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Texas Lottery concerns: Bill filed to ban app, Internet purchase of lotto tickets
More Texas officials have joined calls for an evaluation of the Texas Lottery after a controversial $83.5 million ticket was ...
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State of Texas: ‘A hard line,’ Lt. Governor calls on Texas Lottery to end courier sales
Dan Patrick said on Wednesday. The statement comes on the heels ... “I don’t care what kind of changes they want to make, ...