The bill includes $4.2 billion for teacher and staff pay raises and $850 million for an overhaul of special education.

"We waited as long as we could for the lottery to do the right thing," the winner's lawyer tells the American-Statesman.

The Texas Senate has voted to abolish the Texas Lottery Commission. We break down what that means for lottery players.

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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 legislation would end lottery couriers and restart the process to hire a vendor to oversee the behind-the-scenes ...

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