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After a ProPublica and CBS News investigation revealed that Texas' funding pipeline for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy ...
An under-the-radar provision inside President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” will reduce the amount of gambling ...
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 ...
On Sunday night, Gov. Greg Abbott ensured the Texas Lottery will continue for another four years, signing into law new provisions to clamp down on the state’s games after lawmakers weighed abolishing ...
For a moment, the controversy that rocked the state's 33-year-old lottery through the session seemed to provide a window for long-time detractors an opportunity to abolish the games completely.
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 ...
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 ...
Can Texas residents still play the lottery? Although the Texas Lottery Commission will officially be abolished as of Sept. 1, people in the state can still play the lottery.
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 ...