Texas Lottery Commission chair betting on future

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CASH Only — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:52:49 GMT

I'm happy TX is going back to the 6/54 game rather than the original 6/50. Sizeable jackpots are still possible with that matrix, especially with fewer prize levels.

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bobby623 — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 04:42:41 GMT

OpinionI can't believe Crowe can 'crow' about his service without mentioning that he and his fellow commissioners condoned and/or approved all the actions that have created a rotten stink at lottery headquarters.He recently said he wouldn't have approved of the changes in the Lotto Texas game if he had known that adopting a bonus ball game would bring about a 30 percent reduction in revenues. He earlier said he was unhappy with the addition of 4 balls when the game went from 6/50 to 6/54 because... [ More ]

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CASH Only — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:16:42 GMT

34 different towns in 51 years? I guess that's the kind of life you live in the trucking industry. I lived in my father's house for more than 40 years.

Texas Lottery Commission chair betting on future

Lottery Post — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:30:00 GMT

When word spread in June that the Texas Lottery Commission approved jackpots it couldn't afford to make, chairman C. Tom Clowe Jr.'s term on the commission had officially expired months earlier.The retired Waco businessman who launched his career in trucking and has spent 51 years of marriage living in 34 different towns faced one last duty before fully returning to retirement: overseeing the troubled agency's bid to win back public trust.Beginning the eighth year of his now open-ended term, Clo... [ More ]