Texas legislative session is heading into its final two-week sprint, and the House and Senate are accelerating the passage of ...

This session’s centerpiece legislation is the plan to allocate $1 billion annually that families can use to help pay for ...

The bill would spare the lottery from being abolished, but would keep its operations under close watch for the next two years ...

The Texas Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to overhaul the state's lottery system, passing legislation that dismantles ...

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Texans "like their Lotto and ... scratch-off games," and therefore, the state will fix the lottery.

The Texas lotto shouldn't disappear, but it needs to be investigated and reformed and possibly moved into another agency. ...

The Texas lottery has produced three million-dollar winners and more for visitors and locals alike. One ticket was purchased in Katy, one in Shiner, and a big winner out of state who bought a ...

Correction & clarification: An earlier version of this story misstated the timeline when the February Austin, Texas lottery winner purchased her ticket through a courier service. The head of the ...

Texas' public colleges face a major overhaul that would shift more power over what's taught and who's hired to politically connected regents, furthering Republican leaders' efforts to exert ...

A ban on lottery courier services took effect Tuesday morning after a unanimous vote by the Texas Lottery Commission (TLO). The ban comes only a week after the resignation of the Texas Lottery ...