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Courier’s lawsuit seeks to block Texas Lottery from banning its services
Lotto.com’s suit, which was filed Thursday, comes less than a week before the state agency votes to ban the third-party ...
San Antonio Express-News8d
'Permanently damaged': Why one Texas lottery winner may never get paid
In April 2023, a group of investors, known as Rook TX, played the courier system to claim a $95 million Texas Lottery jackpot. A year later, a Houston Chronicle investigation revealed Rook TX ...
Lotto.com operator files lawsuit against Texas Lottery Commission over courier ban
In February, the Texas Lottery Commission banned lottery couriers. Now, a major courier service is suing to fight the ban.
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Texas Lottery executive director resigns as lawmakers’ scrutiny mounts
The Texas Lottery Commission ... in February indicating the lottery commission now believed couriers violate current statutes, a switch from years of the agency’s claims it lacked the ...
How a secretive gambler called ‘the Joker’ took down the Texas lottery
In the spring of 2023, a London banker-turned-bookmaker reached out to a few contacts with an audacious request: Can you help ...
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Texas Lottery's top executive resigns as scrutiny over jackpot winners intensifies
The executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission has resigned in ... An attorney for a woman who claims to hold the winning ticket has said it was legally purchased among a group of 10 ...