Texas Lottery says NJ group tried to buy another Lotto Texas jackpot

Comment #19

LottoIntuitive — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:23:15 GMT

Places that only sells lottery tickets would be great for games that do not have prize amount that increase over time.

No one likes standing in long lines waiting to buy tickets.

People who only play now and then may not care too much but for those of us who are regular players, the whole experience of going to stores can suck.

Regular players want stores that only sell lottery tickets and have a lot of machines. We want to be able to buy as many tickets as want (for games that do no... [ More ]

Comment #18

LottoIntuitive — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:12:59 GMT

Right.

They should maybe stop increasing the prize amount before every possible combination can be played.

In the meantime, they should not make it illegal for the smaller games to be played online through couriers.

Comment #17

LottoIntuitive — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:09:32 GMT

Yeap. You get it.

This law includes banning nonjackpot games like the pick 3 just because they are mad people buying the jackpot for games that have prize amounts that increase over time. This has nothing to do with the Pick 3/4 games. They should not make it illegal for people to play the Pick 3/4 games online through couriers because there is no jackpot to buy.

Comment #16

adamc224 — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 07:46:51 GMT

I don't think there needs to be a cap or ban. This opens up a future of capping and banning whatever they feel like. A little more freedom taken away everyday. If you got $26 million and a bunch of play slips hanging around, and the ability to play 26 million different sets of numbers. Sounds like hard earned money to me. There will always be someone to figure out a beat for the system. It's in the math. The only way to stop these people from winning is for the lottery to cheat. and they already... [ More ]

Comment #15

poolshooter4 — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 12:33:02 GMT

If you impose a limit on the amount of tickets that are sold, you're telling us that you don't want the jackpot to be won......

Comment #14

KKLK$DAY7 — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:36:29 GMT

Texas lottery need to start their investigation with, why a business located in a business strip that sell only board games has 12 lottery machines? the foot traffic is slow. No one is going to a business district after 5:00 pm to buy lottery tickets. Who authorized the machines installed.

Since the con Eddie Tipton fixed the lottery machines has anyone really review the software.

Lotto Texas has two or three winners per year, why is that? When the lotto game began years ago there were m... [ More ]

Comment #13

garyo1954 — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 04:11:37 GMT

Comes to mind a good example is Texas Cash 5.

It's played 6 nights a week and the jackpot is. Ever larger than $25000 whether it's won or not. And the state is liable for up to $75000.

I guess a better term would be a non-rollover game.

And thinking about the term group. I should be more clear using that as well. We're not talking work groups or a small party of friends spending $50 to $500.

By group we're talking a party organized with the intent, or an organization (like the i... [ More ]

Comment #12

JustMaybe — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 04:04:26 GMT

I think we would win all the European Lotteries

I would definitely play the Canadian Lotto if I wouldn't have to pay the taxes in the USA.

Comment #11

ShagE3 — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 02:36:46 GMT

Makes you wonder in turn if we wont be allowed to buy euro lotteries.

Btw what ever happened to USA _ AUS powerball

Comment #10

JustMaybe — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:41:20 GMT

Lotteries were created as a way to fund state programs. If they fail to do that, they won't exist.

I love that statement, in short lotteries are not for us, they are for the States to raise funds, we, the players, are the bait in it all - a voluntary tax with a carrot dangling at the end.

I think of countries like Canada, UK, Australia etc that don't tax the lottery, yet they use it to fund programs.

I wonder why it's hard for us in the USA to have a similar approach.

If the jac... [ More ]

Comment #9

Todd — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:21:06 GMT

Oh, you mean changing the game to cap the jackpot. You might as well cancel the game at that point, because the newsflash is that lotto-style games make their profits (like in all gambling) during the peak times. If you delete the peaks, you delete the profits.

By peak times, I mean situations that convince non-regulars to buy a ticket. They don't do that unless the jackpot is through the roof.

Lotteries were created as a way to fund state programs. If they fail to do that, they won't ex... [ More ]

Comment #8

garyo1954 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:52:44 GMT

Capping the payout is what means.

Once a lottery reaches a certain dollar number, that's the limit of the payout. Doesn't matter how many times it goes unclaimed the payout remains limited to that amount.

As the other poster mentioned their lottery is capped at $70 million. Once that number is reached it doesn't continue to accrue. That's maximum payout for a winning ticket.

And I agree with you: Nobody wants to see these lotteries end, I certainly don't.

Where we disagree is o... [ More ]

Comment #7

Todd — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:02:13 GMT

I've said it before, but once again to those who support banning stuff, just know where this will lead eventually. What you personally value will eventually get banned. Then, when it's too late, you'll get angry.

We're publishing a story tomorrow morning that will give you one possible future for all of this, and that future is no lottery at all .

Don't be an advocate of banning stuff. Be an advocate of adjusting and fixing. Nothing is ever perfect. But we can keep adjusting and fixing u... [ More ]

Comment #6

Todd — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:52:47 GMT

No, banning courier services has no impact on money laundering. You're confusing the issues. It is the buying groups that present the money laundering aspect, not courier services. The lottery and the state have done nothing to prevent buying groups, and thus have done nothing to prevent the theoretical money laundering.

I have no idea about the cap on winning or whatever you're referring to there. I'd rather keep focused on this particular topic.

Comment #5

garyo1954 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:40:30 GMT

I'd be remiss if I didn't admit you are right in saying that banning courier services has no impact on buying groups.

To be more correct I should have said banning courier services will prevent those groups who want to buy a lottery behind the scenes, or as we're hearing money laundering.

It could be argued that if Lottery.com didn't have 30 terminals at Spicewood then Rook TK would have had to shop around for 30 or more retailers who would have had to dedicate workers to run their term... [ More ]

Comment #4

Todd — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:53:01 GMT

I appreciate that you are earnest about this, but it is not correct to say that banning courier services has any impact on buying groups whatsoever. That was made very clear in an earlier story we published, in which we outlined how a buying group purchased a Virginia Lottery jackpot without any courier services operating in the state at all.

The worst mistake is to bluntly apply bans and such. This entire thing required an exact scalpel to fix the issue of purchasing groups, not the sledgeh... [ More ]

Comment #3

garyo1954 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:47:57 GMT

Driving around looking for food (really I went to my favorite Taco El Acapulco) when. The thought occurred rather than cap the lottery maybe it's time we drew multiple winners and split the pot.

Something like once the jackpot reaches 25 million we draw two winning numbers and 50 million we draw 4.

Still have the opportunity to take home the whole pot if you are the only winner, but it would dissuade groups from trying to buy a lottery.

Maybe we need a poll

Comment #2

garyo1954 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:10:54 GMT

The whole matter sounds like something that only happens in movies.

The fact that Draft Kings, Sullivan, admits that groups watching the lotteries says a lot. Draft Kings bought Jackpocket which alludes to having some insider info.

I'm still not for capping lotteries. That should be a last resort.

I'd start with capping the number of terminals any single retailer can obtain. But as we see in these hearings that doesn't prevent these groups from making deals with multiple retailers t... [ More ]

Comment #1

Wavepack — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:35:03 GMT

A limit on the number of tickets per machine is a reasonable fix to block an all-combo buyout, if the limit is chosen correctly.

Did the same group use their profits from the last all-combo buyout jackpot to max out as many machines possible on this latest courier ticket win after the group had probed and found out the limit per machine in December

Texas Lottery says NJ group tried to buy another Lotto Texas jackpot

Lottery Post — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:50:56 GMT

Lottery reveals thwarted attempt at another jackpot buyout

By Kate Northrop

The Texas Lottery revealed in a hearing this week that the same New Jersey-based group that had orchestrated the $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot bulk purchase event in 2023 was actively trying to buy another jackpot.

During a Senate Committee on State Affairs meeting on Monday, Texas Lottery leadership disclosed to legislators that in December there was another attempt at buying out all the possible number co... [ More ]