Texas may move to join Mega Millions today

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Todd — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:41:19 GMT

It's going to be about a month before they start selling tickets. More details posted in the news tomorrow morning

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smd173 — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:21:26 GMT

I'm surprised Texas would be able to join and potentially start selling tickets almost right away. Granted they made the first announcement in August, but lots of states have taken a longer. And with Texas being large, you'd think it would take them longer because of that. Interesting.

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CASH Only — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:04:09 GMT

It's already mid-October.

Texas may move to join Mega Millions today

Lottery Post — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 07:48:12 GMT

The Texas Lottery Commission could formalize its decision to enter the multi-state lottery game Mega Millions today, a move expected to bring more than $50 million a year to state coffers.The three-member panel is scheduled to take action on a proposal that would allow lottery director Reagan Greer to sign a contract with the consortium of ten states that make up Mega Millions.Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Washington are the other