After barely surviving controversy, the Texas lottery takes on a new governing structure. But fans of the scratch-off and numbers-drawing games can ...

The new law transfers oversight of the Texas Lottery is being transferred from the now-defunct Texas Lottery Commission to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). The transition must ...

When a “purchasing group” won a ninety-five-million-dollar jackpot, the victory caused a scandal in a state where opposition ...

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation sees its budget increase sixfold as it prepare to take responsibility for the troubled state lottery.

The mastermind behind the lottery stunt turned out to be former London banker-turned bookmaker Bernard Marantelli, aided by ...

Dawn Nettles discovered the scam used by a London banker and his gambler sidekick who scooped a $57 million jackpot.

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a law that allows the Texas Lottery to continue for another four years and adds new restrictions for the games after lawmakers weighed abolishing the lottery ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a law that allows the Texas Lottery to continue for another four years and adds new restrictions for the games after lawmakers weighed abolishing the lottery entirely.

As lawmakers sparred over high-profile issues like public school funding, property tax cuts and THC regulation, the Texas Lottery emerged as a smaller, unexpected flashpoint during the recently ...

A Texas Lottery stand at an Austin convenience store on Feb. 20, 2025. State lawmakers agreed to let the lottery continue in Texas but placed new restrictions on the games and abolished the Texas ...