Former Texas Lottery Director Gary Grief indicted on charge related to $95M Lotto Texas jackpot

Comment #17

justAndy1970 — Wed, 20 May 2026 02:04:10 GMT

That would be fine with me. I liked going to Bossier City or Lake Charles to gamble back then. Last time I did that I left with a check for $24,000 from Isle of capri that I won on the $100 slot machine.

Comment #16

PrisonerSix — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:27:26 GMT

If that were to happen, Texans could come to Louisiana to play, like they did before.

Comment #15

CDanaT — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:46:19 GMT

He ran the TX lottery with excellent results. The openness to finding out information on any game is quite impressive. The scratch off ticket prize winnings are always updated daily. I am not convinced GG would conduct any criminal activity whatsoever. Could he have gotten a kickback ?? Maybe... Money can be the root of all evil. Let's see the evidence TX prosecutors...Gut feeling says they are on a fishing expedition to lay blame on anyone, except for the /loophole/defect in their created syste... [ More ]

Comment #14

Brock Lee — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:19:09 GMT

IIRC he helped set them up with their own terminals so they could generate more tickets than if they had to rely on regular retailers.

i remember one of the lottery courier services doing something like that, and obviously they got help from the texas lottery to set up these print shops. and i believe the bulk buy groups used one of these lottery courier services. but that doesn't equate to gary grief directly helping the bulk buy group. the lottery courier services made their services avai... [ More ]

Comment #13

Tony Numbers — Tue, 19 May 2026 11:08:14 GMT

Good Grief

Comment #12

ayenowitall — Tue, 19 May 2026 10:43:58 GMT

It's hard to get by on $216,000 a year.

Comment #11

KY Floyd — Tue, 19 May 2026 06:48:37 GMT

Texas is indictment country. Didn't they indict their own Attorney General awhile ago?

You know the saying about a DA being able to indict a ham sandwich, right? That said, maybe their AG deserved to be indicted, and maybe that's why he agreed to pay 300k restitution, perform 200 hours of community service, and take 15 hours of legal ethics training to avoid a trial. And then there's the $6.6 million that was paid to 4 whistleblowers who were fired from their jobs in the AG's office after f... [ More ]

Comment #10

green1 — Tue, 19 May 2026 02:51:55 GMT

Texas play his age

Comment #9

justAndy1970 — Tue, 19 May 2026 02:39:12 GMT

There is so much wrong with the Texas lottery I'm in favor of doing away with it. Get rid of it and get on to something better like bingo(not the online crap), where you can see who you are playing with and see who wins

Comment #8

justAndy1970 — Tue, 19 May 2026 02:34:53 GMT

You may be next.

Comment #7

Artist77 — Tue, 19 May 2026 00:40:38 GMT

I agree.

Comment #6

Artist77 — Tue, 19 May 2026 00:37:57 GMT

I am not understanding what he allegedly did either. Did he get a kickback? Did he order stores to stop everything, close to the public, and allow the printing of millions of tickets? How did he collaborate with this foreign group? How could he have stopped them? Where is the fraud? Wasn't this ticket paid?

I agree about Texas being obsessed with this big group play.

Comment #5

Brock Lee — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:53:48 GMT

i'm curious how they think he helped the group? did he help set up one of those fake stores with a ton of lottery terminals that just printed tickets for the group 24/7

Comment #4

welington — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:45:27 GMT

I think Texas officials mad a out of state group won their lottery

Comment #3

Justing618 — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:59:51 GMT

Imagine that............

Comment #2

johnnyBlaze — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:50:57 GMT

It is also a go-to for patent trolls.

Comment #1

noise-gate — Mon, 18 May 2026 19:34:22 GMT

* Texas is indictment country. Didn't they indict their own Attorney General awhile ago

Former Texas Lottery Director Gary Grief indicted on charge related to $95M Lotto Texas jackpot

Lottery Post — Mon, 18 May 2026 19:25:11 GMT

Lottery industry spearhead charged with felony abuse of office

By Kate Northrop

A grand jury has indicted former Texas Lottery Executive Director Gary Grief on a felony charge accusing him of abusing his position in events tied directly to the $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot buyout in 2023.

Lottery industry pioneer Gary Grief was indicted and reindicted on a felony charge that accuses him of collaborating with a foreign purchasing group, an alleged partnership that state personnel ar... [ More ]