Texas Legislature proposes bill to block online lottery courier services

Comment #25

Wavepack — Wed, 10 May 2023 16:21:11 GMT

Note that Texas State only profits more from 3rd party facilitators because their proceeds per ticket remain the same, and more tickets are sold due to extra ticket sales from these facilitators.

Texas State is shooting themselves in their proverbial foot by coercively preventing 3rd party profits from ticket sales.

Comment #24

LottoIntuitive — Mon, 08 May 2023 20:24:56 GMT

Senator Bob Hall's bill seems like a bunch of BS. tickets should be sold directly to players in a face-to-face transaction. So that's your main issus with buying things online Bob? Why just the lottery Bob? You minds well ban all online sales. How about no selling anything online Bob. Boooo big head azz Bob sukks. Whatever Bob buys or does onine online needs to be banned. If you're not having an face to face conversation then Bob probably wants to ban texting too. Let me stop before Bob bans lot... [ More ]

Comment #23

Brock Lee — Thu, 04 May 2023 23:34:55 GMT

at this point it would be more efficient for texas to make a list of the things people are still allowed to do.

Comment #22

mypiemaster — Thu, 04 May 2023 07:44:50 GMT

Obviously, these guys have way too much time on their hands.

Comment #21

KY Floyd — Thu, 04 May 2023 05:21:57 GMT

no more giving lottery tickets as birthday and Christmas presents. And don't forget asking someone to purchase tickets for you and pools.

I think the bit about face to face transactions is either intentional (moralistic?) BS propaganda or stupidity. There doesn't appear to be any intent for the bill to require that sales are made to the actual player who will own the ticket, and it will still be perfectly legal to buy a ticket for somebody else. What would become illegal certain methods for... [ More ]

Comment #20

Stack47 — Wed, 03 May 2023 02:12:10 GMT

A person has to buy the ticket themselves, and not use any service to acquire their tickets

If that's true, no more giving lottery tickets as birthday and Christmas presents. And don't forget asking someone to purchase tickets for you and pools. Not sure how the could prevent people from buying tickets for other especially from Kiosk machines.

Comment #19

wander73 — Tue, 02 May 2023 02:13:09 GMT

I am a tech developer beginner. ai is in, not looking good. Currently I still work in a food establishment, once people start seeing what I really do, I am done, no more working. People are going to be scared. The retired people aren't seeing and might not have done the math correct. I am also 50 in dec. of course way different than 1980.

Comment #18

Big Joey — Mon, 01 May 2023 23:46:24 GMT

Nowadays, some people work 10 to 6. It's a lot different now than it was in 1980.

Comment #17

wander73 — Mon, 01 May 2023 15:40:32 GMT

I guess some people don't see what's really going on. It is what it is and it's tough.

Comment #16

wander73 — Mon, 01 May 2023 15:36:19 GMT

Not everyone works 9 to 5.

Comment #15

Big Joey — Mon, 01 May 2023 04:25:41 GMT

A person has to buy the ticket themselves, and not use any service to acquire their tickets, except for the ticket buyer to go into the store location themselves. A person has to buy their tickets at the counter, or lottery ticket vending machine is how I interpret it.

Comment #14

Stack47 — Mon, 01 May 2023 04:12:48 GMT

Yeah, I was trying to figure out their logic too. Someone should tell Bob Hall there is no face-to-face transaction when players buy their tickets from a Kiosk machine either. Or will prohibiting Kiosk sales be his next bill

Comment #13

THRIFTY — Mon, 01 May 2023 01:51:58 GMT

Texas Lottery should be selling tickets online to increase revenues. European lotteries sell tickets through the internet.

Comment #12

EnReval — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:39:25 GMT

I know some state

lotteries allow you to play on their website. TX do not and maybe they should start

Comment #11

Lotterologist — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 23:26:21 GMT

More Texans need to get out and vote.

Comment #10

Todd — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:16:19 GMT

As far as I know, the Texas Lottery does not offer the ability to play online. The only way to do so is through these third party butler service companies, which is what some in the legislature are discussing outlawing. So if this were to go through, Texans would lose all ability to play online. i.e., not good for Texans.

Comment #9

LottoNoobie — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 21:41:31 GMT

It seems like this bill might not target online betting as a whole. It said third-party businesses. You could probably still use the official TX lottery app to play online

Comment #8

Think — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:31:01 GMT

Who knows, maybe someone will find a way to do it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery_Office

Comment #7

Todd — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 10:28:25 GMT

I would assume that if the legislation were to pass and get signed into law that every lottery company, including TheLotter, would be prohibited from doing business in the state. Hopefully that does not happen, for Texans sake.

Comment #6

rcbbuckeye — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 03:27:05 GMT

The bill moved on to the House after passing in the Senate unanimously on April 12. On April 18, it was referred to the Licensing Administrative Procedures Committee, which regulates gaming industries in the state and matters pertaining to the Texas Lottery Commission.

Looks like the Legislature was working on this before the big jackpot win.

Personally I don't have an opinion one way or the other on this. I've always had my favorite stores to buy my tix so it doesn't really affect... [ More ]

Comment #5

Stack47 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 03:14:07 GMT

arguing that lottery tickets should be sold directly to players in a face-to-face transaction

Don't they know several states offered Online sales for years?

And regardless of who buys the tickets, the Texas Lottery gets their cut.

Comment #4

Nikkicute — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 02:52:25 GMT

What about TheLotter? Will they still offer sales for Texas lottery tickets? Todd

Comment #3

Loteriaplayer1 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 02:13:56 GMT

Thats not fair! Why would the lawmakers do that

Comment #2

justadream — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 02:07:04 GMT

It not only hurts the working class but also handicapped that don't have the means to get to a retailer. This is only one of the reasons people do online betting outside of the lottery.

Comment #1

docrob160 — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 01:57:22 GMT

Unbelievable! Playing online allows those of us that work 9-5 to play the 4 draws a day that we aren't able to bc we work. The Courier service aka online game play is the only way real lottery players can participate. Make it easier for us to play online and we won't need the websites such as Jackpocket. There are other things to worry about an to expedite that are more pressing than online betting in Texas.

Texas Legislature proposes bill to block online lottery courier services

Lottery Post — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:43:46 GMT

Lawmakers take aim at third-party ticket management businesses

By Kate Northrop

Lawmakers are discussing a bill that would prohibit the sale of lottery tickets online in Texas, effectively banning online lottery courier services.

A bill that would prohibit the sale of Texas Lottery tickets online has passed in the Senate and threatens the operation of ticket courier services in the state.

On Saturday, one ticket won the $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot , which stood as the largest... [ More ]