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Texas Lottery to double number of Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawsNews Story
Four drawings per day starting Sept. 9 By Todd Northrop In a few weeks, Texas Lottery players will have twice as many opportunities per day to play the Pick 3 and Pick 4 games. Currently, both of the popular daily numbers games are drawn twice per day, at 12:27 pm and 10:12 pm. Starting September 9, four drawings per day will occur at 10:00 am, 12:27 pm, 6:00 pm, and 10:12 pm. A year ago the Texas Lottery introduced a new game called All or Nothing, which broke new ground for the lot
Aug 19, 2013, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery bringing back All or Nothing gameNews Story
Ticket sales resume August 25 By Todd Northrop After the Texas Lottery shut down All or Nothing for nearly 3 months, sales for the lottery game will resume on Sunday, August 25, with the first drawing on August 26 at 10:00 am. On June 3, 2013, the Texas Lottery stopped sales for the All or Nothing game when it was discovered that the game's design could possibly lead to unusually and unreasonably high prize payouts. Even though the game has more than 2.7 million possible number combinat
Aug 6, 2013, 9:59 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery delayed Monday night because of suspicious packageNews Story
A suspicious package near a Texas Lottery facility on Monday night forced a delay of the nightly drawing and the reporting of the results, officials said Tuesday. Austin police instructed Texas Lottery personnel to evacuate the drawing studio on Sixth Street as a precaution, and the drawing was moved to a backup location, in accordance with official rules, Texas Lottery Commission spokeswoman Kelly Cripe said Tuesday. The suspicious package did not end up presenting a threat. These are
Jun 19, 2013, 10:12 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery suspends sales for 'All or Nothing' gameNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Texas Lottery has temporarily suspended sales for its All or Nothing draw game. The Lottery Commission says it has been notified by GTECH Corp., the lottery operator in Texas, of a game design issue. The issue is caused in part by player propensity to play certain numbers. The Texas Lottery will evaluate placing limitations on wagers that can be purchased for any number combination in the game. According to the Lottery, The practice of setting liability limits is co
Jun 4, 2013, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Northeast Texas town sells winning $40 million Powerball ticketNews Story
The winning ticket to Wednesday night's Powerball drawing worth about $40 million was sold in an East Texas town, a first for the Lone Star state, lottery officials said. The ticket was sold at the Lone Star Food Store in the town of Bells, east of Sherman in Grayson County. The ticket matched all six numbers (9, 14, 17, 49, and 57, with Powerball number 2) in the drawing for an estimated $40 million. The ticket was the first Powerball jackpot-winning ticket sold in Texas since the Texa
May 31, 2013, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

Texas House reconsiders vote to abolish lottery commissionNews Story
Well, that was interesting... The Texas House reversed itself Tuesday and tentatively passed a bill that allows the Texas Lottery Commission to continue operating for another 12 years. House Bill 2197 by state Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, passed 92-53. The vote ended a day of drama in the House that started when lawmakers earlier voted to abolish the lottery commission. The House abruptly broke for lunch after the vote to end the commission, allowing House leaders the time to muster en
Apr 23, 2013, 7:11 pm - Lottery News

Texas House votes to abolish state lotteryNews Story
What the...? The Texas House voted 81-65 to abolish the state lottery Tuesday, which would strip more than $1 billion a year from public schools. A bi-partisan bloc of Republicans and Democrats spoke against the lottery on moral grounds. A group of Democrats joined a Republican contingent that included at least two dozen Republican freshmen in voting against continuation of the Texas Lottery Commission. The vote can be reconsidered later if one of those who voted against the lottery ask
Apr 23, 2013, 4:29 pm - Lottery News

NAACP wants Texas Lottery shut downNews Story
The Dallas chapter of the NAACP wants to stop seeing low income Texans pumping money into the state lottery by putting it out of business. In poorer communities, though, the lottery seems to offer the chance at a life otherwise out of reach. A study paid for by the Texas Lottery Commission says the people most likely to play Pick 3 are those making $20,000 a year or less below the poverty line. And people who are unemployed are more likely to buy scratch-off tickets than those who have job
Jun 28, 2012, 6:02 pm - Lottery News

Bell Helicopter employees win $28 million lottery jackpotNews Story
A $5 weekly investment in a lottery office pool has paid off for a group of Bell Helicopter employees in Fort Worth, Texas. The group of seven men and three women learned they won the $28 million jackpot Sunday morning. The winning Lotto Texas numbers were 13, 36, 38, 45, 46, and 49. When I saw that we had all six numbers, I just lost it... man, I lost it! Mario Mercado said. Mercado told News 8 he purchased the ticket Thursday at the Crossroads Shell Station on Western Center Boule
May 16, 2012, 10:02 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery launches new scratch game to celebrate 20 year anniversaryNews Story
Today, the Texas Lottery launched its new 20th Anniversary scratch-off game to commemorate the lottery's two decades of generating revenue for the state of Texas. With more than $21.5 million in prizes, the 20th Anniversary game features nine top prizes of $250,000 and more than 100 second-tier prizes of $1,000. Odds of winning any prize in the new game are one in 3.52, including break-even prizes. We continually strive to incorporate innovation into our products to provide Texans with th
May 14, 2012, 12:16 pm - Lottery News