Attorney General investigates "suspicious and potentially illegal" Texas Lottery jackpot

Comment #23

moneypot — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 05:41:25 GMT

I'm really late in seeing all of this! I'm glad I missed it all

Comment #22

Wavepack — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:07:49 GMT

Just limit the number of terminals and tickets per terminal per draw. Problem solved by an easy software update.

Outlawing courier services for Texas lottos is the stupid max-coercion approach that creates more problems than it solves.

Some of the worst government/State abuses that I've seen in the US in my lifetime have involved State abuse of money laundering laws. I recommend outlawing all money laundering laws as they violate basic property rights of potentially any business.

Comment #21

DrMiracle — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:29:30 GMT

I agree with JohnnyBlaze in part. Texas appears to follow a person-based approach, identifying the individual first and then determining whether a violation has occurred. The individual in question is a non-citizen. However, non-citizen status, by itself, does not equate to unlawful presence. Nonetheless, the government finds it all too easy to apply the full weight of its legal authority against them.

When referring to non-citizens, the state is talking about foreign players who legally pur... [ More ]

Comment #20

jjtheprince14 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:03:36 GMT

Good for them, shut down the cheaters!

Those wins should be for Texas residents not pools of investors buying up every number combination.

Comment #19

Artist77 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:34:01 GMT

He is just an unhappy and miserable little guy who cannot read well and sees demons in every event or post. When an occasional member rants and obsesses over down votes, we have seen them go downhill very quickly.

One of the pms he sent me called me a racist Texan. Def looking to fight and argue but some of us have jobs and lives. And he has an issue with Texas. Maybe he is in a detention center there or needs a job.

And how dare he assume my gender. How sexist

Comment #18

garyo1954 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:41:43 GMT

Anywhere in the world, any country, if you are not a citizen, then you are a non-citizen.

See how simple that is?

So are you a Texan? Or are you ranting about something you don't understand?

From where I sit, all I'm seeing is someone trying to make an argument and place blame without any facts.

If you were to say blind people have a real problem buying lottery tickets I'd agree. The state doesn't print braille play slips.

But arguing over words because they don't mean wha... [ More ]

Comment #17

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:31:59 GMT

I'm not sure how you're so disconnected from what I was saying. I say one thing and you elaborate on something else.

Also whoever's just downvoting instead of disagreeing with anything specific, find something better to do. Or pickup a book.

Comment #16

garyo1954 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:24:36 GMT

Do you live in Texas?

If you do, why are getting upset about something you never knew and it didn't bother you?

Nope. Not going to bite on the bait of some established history when it's not the issue and debatable given the Mexican-American population in Texas.

Go read about the class action lawsuit. It'll open your eyes.

Comment #15

lakerben — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:17:31 GMT

Next they will have Elon and Doge investigate and they will blame a 100 year old man.

Comment #14

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:02:24 GMT

I never claimed they did.

I also don't see any point in calling out non-citizens when everyone's allowed to play. Instead of admitting their incompetence that led to someone legally buying up all the combinations, their plan is to blame someone about rigging the game Finish the investigation and lay out the crimes, if any, committed. If it's legal then Texans got no one else to blame but the gov itself.

Paxton Abbott have an established history of being prejudicial towards immigrants. An... [ More ]

Comment #13

garyo1954 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:29:24 GMT

Nobody is preventing anyone from buying lottery tickets. People driving through states have bought tickets and won money.

And nobody is blaming illegal immigrants for any of this.

If you want to test this theory walk into any Texas lottery retailer, hand them a buck and tell them you want a ticket for the Texas Lotto, no extras.

You will get a ticket. They will take your buck.

You don't need a third party courier to buy a ticket or to cash a winner. I've done it since 1992 whe... [ More ]

Comment #12

garyo1954 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:50:44 GMT

I'd interpret non-citizen to mean people not in the U.S. as the time the Aussie group bought up all the tickets in the Virginia lottery.

If I remember correctly there was a further uproar when the Aussies claimed they weren't citizens of Virginia or the U.S. and therefore were exempt from taxation. It dragged out in court a couple of years before Virginia paid. And laws changed to prevent it happening again.

Maybe a Mandela effect, in my case.

The whole mess just points out how litt... [ More ]

Comment #11

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:29:16 GMT

I blocked Artist77 first cuz I didn't want any racists in my inbox.

He couldn't respond if he wanted to

Downvoting every comment. Very mature.

Comment #10

Artist77 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:14:43 GMT

This nut Johnnyblaze just sent me 3 inappropriate Private messages. I have him on block now and did not respond. I hope he gets the help he needs.

Comment #9

noise-gate — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:57:45 GMT

* Texas lottery sure knows how to kill enthusiasm for players. Next they going to ask for your Texas ID in order to collect your prize? Weird behavior to say the least.

Comment #8

Artist77 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:57:30 GMT

Comment #7

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:55:37 GMT

If there was something illegal that they uncovered then they'd have led with that. Non-citizens including undocumented are legally allowed to play the lottery. While immigrants generally play the lottery, undocumented are highly unlikely to participate for the fear of deportation when trying to collect. Lack of a social security number complicates it even further for them.

They're already putting the blame on non-citizens before they actually started investigating.

Comment #6

Artist77 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:47:32 GMT

His post was very clear to everyone with ranting about people blaming noncitizens and immigrants.

Again, read the article

It had zero to do with those alleged topics.

Comment #5

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:39:22 GMT

Who said anything about illegal immigration?

You bringing up illegal clears up a few things. Also the article doesn't say anything about a foreign courier service. But nice to know you're willing to make excuses for stupid, baseless statements when it aligns with your opinions.

Comment #4

Artist77 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:34:37 GMT

Omg. Go outside and take a deep breath.

This article has zero to do with illegal immigration. Sounds like they are looking into a possible 3rd party and foreign courier service conspiracy to buy up as many tickets as possible. That info is stated in plain English in the article.

Comment #3

JustMaybe — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:31:20 GMT

I can only imagine if I had the jackpot winning ticket in my custody with all this drama going on

Comment #2

JustMaybe — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:27:25 GMT

I wish they were more clear on what they mean by that

Comment #1

johnnyBlaze — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:42:05 GMT

So buying lottery as a non-citizen a crime now?

If you want everyone to have a fair chance then you should've had the restrictions on the lottery terminals from the start.

Stop blaming the immigrants for your incompetence and don't use them as your bogeyman without evidence.

What's next? You're gonna blame the immigrants for the grid failure of 2021 as well?

Paxton Abbott are the dumbest duo ever.

Attorney General investigates "suspicious and potentially illegal" Texas Lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:34:44 GMT

State Governor orders all eyes on Texas Lottery, Lottery Commissioner resigns

By Kate Northrop

There have been several developments since the Texas Lottery announced a ban on lottery ticket courier services , including the resignation of a Lottery Commissioner and new actions taken by the Lottery against courier companies.

This week marks a series of sweeping condemnations against lottery courier companies in the state of Texas.

On Tuesday, one day after enacting the ban, the Tex... [ More ]