However, running an operation as large as the Texas Lottery requires specialized expertise, and any new vendor would need to invest millions in lottery machines for thousands of ticket retailers ...

The bill would also mandate a review of the Texas Lottery, which could lead to the abolishment of the lottery itself.

Bob Hall asked Texas Lottery Commission officials in a committee ... of allowing the purchasing groups to obtain ticket machines and also of inflating jackpots, knowing that one ticket would ...

the Texas Lottery’s supplier, the automated ticket-scratching machines are not. The lottery commission confirmed automatic scratchers are now prohibited under the February policy statement ...

The Texas Lottery Commission’s executive director ... with the company and the other groups maintaining the dozens of lottery machines necessary to print the 25 million ticket combinations.

Some legislators are pushing to eliminate the Texas Lottery amid questions about its management and multiple criminal investigations. What started as concerns over whether lottery officials ...