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A Texas Lottery jackpot was "bought" last year, but legislators are pushing wrong solutionReply
Hey Dead_Aim, nice to see you! It's Mega Millions you're referring to, going to $5 in 2025: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/352211 The big multi-state games have such large odds and would require so many tickets to be purchased that I think they are untouchable by these buying groups. It's more the in-state games that are the targets.
Oct 20, 2024, 8:34 am - Todd - Lottery News

Florida bill would enhance criminal penalties for lottery retailer theft and fraudNews Story
Bill targets retailers and employees who steal tickets from the workplace By Kate Northrop A Florida Senator filed a bill on Monday that would enact harsher penalties on lottery retailer employees who conduct ticket theft schemes and would crack down on those who falsify prize claims. Florida Senator Corey Simon proposed a bill that tightens up Florida Lottery security measures and targets individuals attempting to steal tickets from their workplace or make false prize claims. Se
Nov 19, 2025, 9:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. woman takes $8 million lottery prize as $400,000 a year annuityReply
KUDOS to her!! Congrats!! I would do the same thing, dont need to make big decisions with lots of money and ppl targets you!! This is very much manageable, bc if I should ever win such large amount of money, I too will take annual payments and place monies in a TRUST. God bless her!
Jul 10, 2025, 12:56 pm - journey4780 - Lottery News

Lawyer representing $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot winner warns of additional investigationsReply
That is correct. It is possible the Texas Rangers are investigating 13 things or 2 things or 100 things. We don't know because they have not said. Let's all just stick to the facts of what we know. They are included in the news story here. Kate is doing a tremendous job of putting together factual stories derived directly from the source. She always attributes her sources. Excellent journalism. The other thing Kate brings to the table is that when she conducts interviews, she asks the qu
Mar 26, 2025, 8:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas bill would prohibit sales to players attempting to buy all possible number combinationsNews Story
Senator says it's good but not enough, again calls to end the Texas Lottery By Kate Northrop A Texas Senator introduced a bill that would prohibit lottery retailers from selling tickets to an individual or group that is attempting to purchase all possible number combinations in a drawing. In another effort to deter future purchasing groups from near-guaranteeing multi-million jackpot wins, a Texas Senator presented a bill that targets retailers who sell tickets to those they know are
Mar 12, 2025, 9:10 am - Todd - Lottery News