Lottery courier sues Texas Lottery to block courier ban

Comment #14

KY Floyd — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:17:54 GMT

the lawsuit points out that the TLC said previously that it did not have the authority to regulate lottery couriers

The lottery obviously has authority to make lots of decisions about how tickets are sold and who can buy them. If there was on obvious provision preventing them from prohibiting buying tickets on the behalf of others for a fee I'd think their lawyers would point it out.

The state can write laws as they see fit.

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Comment #13

Justing618 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:44:21 GMT

Who? What!............

Comment #12

ShagE3 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:04:58 GMT

Congrats to BleuDog in his powerball win last night ...... might we all be as lucky someday

Comment #11

mypiemaster — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:40:07 GMT

Like I said before, if you don't like them , regulate them. There is absolutely no reason to ban them.

Comment #10

Justing618 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:28:30 GMT

Texas should pay both of them. I don't agree with courier services. But texas allowed it. They should pay and just elimate the service. And move on.....

Comment #9

kao1632 — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 07:59:15 GMT

How is it not fair?

Chances are, if Texas taxes winnings, then they get to tax the nonresident. Is that fair to the nonresident?

By allowing a nonresident to purchase tickets, more tickets are sold, increasing revenue.

There is nothing about an outsider buying a ticket that lowers a resident's chances of winning

Comment #8

zephbe — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 03:37:02 GMT

Texas needs to pay the $83 million winner. She bought her ticket legally and won. Whatever issues they have with couriers since the $95 mil winner bought all possible combinations is on them--not the woman who bought $20 worth of tickets.

Comment #7

Brock Lee — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 01:38:15 GMT

that is what i am saying.

Comment #6

LottoNoobie — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:02:45 GMT

You're saying you cannot purchase draw games from the app

Comment #5

noise-gate — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 20:22:20 GMT

* See you in court

Comment #4

Brock Lee — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 19:11:46 GMT

the texas lottery app doesn't sell tickets.

Comment #3

LottoNoobie — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 18:56:46 GMT

If I'm not mistaken, all Texas lottery games can be played online via their app. Why would someone even need to use a third-party lottery courier? According to one article, the ticket was purchased in Texas for a New Jersey entity. So that means an out of state player one the grand prize? Doesn't seem fair to anyone else living in Texas.

Comment #2

Brock Lee — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:42:18 GMT

states that have allowed online lottery sales for years

Comment #1

garyo1954 — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:31:37 GMT

I ran a stop sign once and didn't get a ticket. So now running stop signs is legal and you can't do anything about it.

No. That's not the way it works. The state can write laws as they see fit. Not to mention that lottery.com has already said they didn't think the Texas lottery commission would agree to their request for additional machines.

That is an admission of guilt. Same as saying we knew what we planned to do was morally, ethically, or legally wrong, yet we did it for the money.... [ More ]

Lottery courier sues Texas Lottery to block courier ban

Lottery Post — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:51:57 GMT

Lottery courier accuses Texas Lottery Commission of rug pull

By Kate Northrop

A lottery courier filed a lawsuit against the Texas Lottery in an attempt to reverse its about-face decision to ban courier services.

This week, lottery courier Lotto.com sued the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) and Texas Lottery Acting Deputy Executive Director Sergio Rey, accusing the agency of bowing under the pressure of State Legislature and undoing years of cooperation.

The Commission's accusatory... [ More ]