Lottery couriers plead with Texas Lottery Commission in last-ditch effort

Comment #11

KY Floyd — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 07:18:12 GMT

am concerned that TX Lottery Comm authorized for the retailer to have 30+ machines and locations in the back of the store where we can't walk in and see this activity

No matter how stupid they are, collectively or individually, how do you not have a bunch of questions when somebody asks for a dozen or more terminals in the same location? The MA lottery knew people were taking advantage of roll downs in Winfall, but they knew it wasn't rigging the results and that it increased sales. What ar... [ More ]

Comment #10

cknowles19 — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 23:27:16 GMT

Those funds do not support the city or state.

Also, lotto courriers change the way the numbers are played. So I'm all in favor of getting rid of any and all lotto courriers. Cause, it takes the honesty out of your chances of winning

Comment #9

MzDuffleBaglady — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:25:09 GMT

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Comment #8

garyo1954 — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:18:47 GMT

Players are not being punished. They can still buy lottery tickets for any game they want, as long as they do it in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations.

if you read the article it is the couriers who are being prohibited from selling tickets now crying foul.

Comment #7

LottoIntuitive — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:36:19 GMT

The bad actors are making the good actors pay for their sins as well.

Right, and it is wrong for lawmakers to know the good aspects of having couriers for non-jackpot games and still approve this law.

Just because something is a law does not make that law a good law. It must be changed to focus only on the problem it is meant to address. That's like putting all citizens in jail just because one person commits a crime. That's just flat-out stupid to do. This is a stupid blanket law that... [ More ]

Comment #6

EnReval — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 03:44:31 GMT

Basically he lied when he said Texans are coming to play the n lines when he actually he knew that place was gonna hit with the amount of $$ that was spent in short amnt of days

Comment #5

garyo1954 — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:16:26 GMT

Prohibitions were already in place to prevent this event. Had the Coalition adopted and required their members follow those it would be a different outcome.

The part about 18 states has regulations similar while true fails to say that only three license courier services. It all points to a smokescreen to put the blame back on the state, saying they did nothing wrong. However, they claim they keep the state informed whereas where were they when this was happening?

Current prohibitions tha... [ More ]

Comment #4

garyo1954 — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 20:23:36 GMT

Absolutely they authorized the machines and knew they were there. Gary Grief, the former Texas Lottery Commission Director, lured/wooed the dot com to relocate to Texas.

His actions are a major part of the reason he, the Lottery Commission, et. al. are being sued for fraud.

Comment #3

JustMaybe — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 20:01:30 GMT

There is an old saying that goes something like this - when a mouse eats the farmers grain, and the farmer sets a trap to catch the mouse . The trap does not distinguish the mouse that ate the grain and the ones that did not. The trap catches all the mice.

The bad actors are making the good actors pay for their sins as well.

Comment #2

LottoIntuitive — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:22:59 GMT

They need to isolate the problem of buying jackpots from the smaller games that don't have jackpots. People can only profit from buying all possible combinations in jackpot games that increase their prize amounts until someone wins.

It makes no sense to apply this law to smaller games like Pick 3 4 because the prize amounts never increase, so there is no point in buying all possible combinations.

Having a lot machines in a store is great.

Players do not like standing waiting to us... [ More ]

Comment #1

EnReval — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:50:58 GMT

I am concerned that TX Lottery Comm authorized for the retailer to have 30+ machines and locations in the back of the store where we can't walk in and see this activity

those machines need to be in front of the store

they knew no one was going to win but one f those terminals located in the back

the revenue and sales generated profit for the lottery

why don't they just allow for purchase online on their website

Lottery couriers plead with Texas Lottery Commission in last-ditch effort

Lottery Post — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:14:16 GMT

Some couriers still operating in Texas

By Kate Northrop

Following a scathing Senate hearing meeting last week, Texas Lottery Commission members gathered to discuss its recent ban on lottery couriers and hear public comment, including pleas from couriers to consider all sides before taking a stance.

At this week's Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) meeting, Lottery leadership convened to confirm the policy change that effectively bans couriers in the state, but not before hearing the fina... [ More ]