Lawsuit acuses Texas of misusing lottery funds https://www.lotterypost.com/news/103140 Lottery Post News Story: Lawsuit acuses Texas of misusing lottery funds en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Lawsuit acuses Texas of misusing lottery funds https://www.lotterypost.com/news/103140 https://www.lotterypost.com/news/103140 Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:13:25 GMT Lottery Post A lawsuit filed by a watchdog group seeks to block the State of Texas from making more payments to a Las Vegas law firm hired a year ago to draft legislation to legalize video slot machines.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by Russ Verney of the national watchdog group Judicial Watch, contends that the state exceeded its authority when it agreed to spend lottery proceeds to pay the firm.The Texas attorney general's office hired the law firm Lionel, Sawyers and Collins to develop legislation that would... [ More ]

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