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

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

The Texas House is poised to approve legislation that would save the state lottery from going out of business. The compromise ...

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.