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

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

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

A House committee on Tuesday advanced legislation that preserves the embattled Texas Lottery, but abolishes the commission that oversees it. Under the bill the state would move oversight and control ...

New legislation wouldn’t abolish the lottery, just add restrictions; sunset review could still eliminate the game ...

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

As the Texas legislature moves one step closer to making it illegal to own land for citizens from China, Iran, Russia and ...

A new legislative proposal would dissolve the lottery oversight panel and handover the operation of the games to a difference ...

"I know a lot of people would be unhappy because I know a lot of people buy lottery tickets, but, folks, you don't want to play a game that's fixed," Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick said.

The Texas Lottery faces an uncertain future as the legislature closes in on a deadline that could see it wiped out forever.

A group of international gamblers legally purchased nearly every number combination in a Texas state lottery drawing — a ...