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Originally Created: March 16, 2000
Updated: April 25, 2023
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The 2024 Sunset Review of the
Texas Lottery.
Massive Coverage on
the Apps & The Stolen $95M Jackpot
The Sunset Commission completed its review of the TLC
and presented it to the Commission on 8/14/24.
I did
submit both written and oral testimony at the hearing.
Since
then, I've submitted additional comment.
I'm extremely
proud to say that the Sunset Commissioners did not believe
most of the TLC's testimony. This is a hearing you should
all watch. The TLC's testimony starts around 11:55 am.
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8/14/24 Comment (apps vs couriers), (pdf) click here
8/19/24 Comments based on testimony, (pdf) click here
8/19/24 Part 2 - New Stories Submitted (pdf), Click here
The Sunset Staff Report (pdf), click here
Watch the Sunset Hearing (8/14/24) (video), click here
Read the Massive News Coverage Regarding
The 8/14/24 Sunset Hearing
$95 Million Lotto Texas win had stacked
odds, a
Chronicle Investigation found.
Now there's new rules.
Eric Dexheimer, Houston Chronicle, covered the Sunset
hearing.
Another
TRUE & fantastic investigative story ...
Requires you to subscribe - It's worth it!
8/21/24 - Click here.
Texas Lotto changes rules after
a Houston Chronicle investigation
The reporting found a mass ticket buying scheme
among wealthy investors. Texas Standard 8/22/24
A Must Read - - Click Here
Someone Spent $25 Million on Lottery
Tickets
to Guarantee a Win. And It Worked.
Vice - 8/22/24 - Another Must Read - Click here
Lawmakers discuss handling of online
couriers with Texas Lottery Commission
KTRH Local Houston and Texas News -8/21/24 - Click here
CASH GUARANTEE
I spent $25 million on lottery tickets to ensure a $95 million jackpot
it was all legal thanks to a rush order move. They crunched
the numbers for the payment needed to win
The U.S. Sun - 8/22/24 - Click here
Are Online Lottery Sales
Endangering Our Kids?
Dallas Express Texas Scorecard
8/18/24 - Click Here
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- Director Gary Grief's Favorite Pastime -
Traveling The World For Free
A minimum of 105 trips at a cost of a minimum
of $160,000. An unbeliebable story - Click here
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Unsuspecting Player Receives Duplicate Quick Picks
& Are Texas Lottery Quick Picks Truly Random?
Unbelievable - Some lottery software allows lottery terminals to
print duplicate quick picks. Posted Nov 3, 2016. Click here
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Editorial & Opinions by Dawn Nettles
4/25/23 - I hate to tell ya'll this but I have no choice but to postpone posting my story for a couple of days. This is because the Texas Lottery will not provide me with sales information that in the olden days, would have been provided within an hour. They tell me I have to make an open records request. The TLC did, however, provide me with "coverage" information for Saturday nights drawing - coverage was a whopping 99.4%. This tells me that the jackpot was probably bought - by that I mean someone or a group bought all or mostly all of the total combinations. I have received a ton of calls and emails and new information has come to light. I want to share one piece of new info ... this is a press release put out today by Lottery.com (a mobile and online sales app). The release states how proud Lottery.com is to have made arrangements to sell Texas Lottery tickets in the Dominican Republic. Folks, it appears selling lottery tickets to Texans is not good enough anymore. Their sales have diminished due to their rule changes so they'll do whatever it takes to sell tickets. This includes screwing those who have supported them since 1992. I have my story 80% complete but have to halt until I get the info I need to be 100% accurate in my reporting. For those of you who have written, I promise, I'll reply as soon as I can. 4/23/23 - There is so much to share with you about the 4/22/23 Lotto Texas win. I'm working on the story and hope to have it posted no later than Tuesday afternoon. The most important thing for you to know is that NO ONE walked in a retail store called "Lottery Now" and purchased a lottery ticket in Colleyville. I was there today and can assure you, there's no store there. It's non-existent! I have photo's and TLC records to share with you and it should make your blood boil. A Texan MAY have won though I doubt it very seriously. It would be my educated opinion that this is not the case. Yet I pray I'm wrong on this one! Story coming along with the Jackpocket app story too. 4/22/23 - I fear tonight will be a very sad night for Texas Lottery players - specifically Lotto Texas players. This is because Texans have continued to support playing Lotto Texas in spite of the extremely high odds and poor sales resulting in 93 consecutive drawings with no winner. Texans have spent $110 million trying to win this jackpot to no avail. Now the Texas Lottery is probably going to be successful in screwing every player and retailer that resides in Texas - and all for the love of BOASTING sales figures. Gary Grief, the Executive Director of the Texas Lottery, has turned his back on the laws of the State of Texas, used fictitious language and definitions to allow internet sales and telephones to purchase lottery tickets. In my humble opinion, this action is not only illegal but shows absolutely no regard for his 30+ year loyal retailers and loyal lottery players. Here's WHY I'm saying these things ... It appears that people from literally all over the world and the United States can buy Texas lottery tickets via their cell phones and the internet and so far, it would appear they've purchased an est 30 million tickets for tonight draw. Keep in mind, there's 25.8 million combinations in the game, so more than likely, there will be a winner tonight. Sales are so strong that they've increased the jackpot again - this time to $95 million. (CVO $57.5, after tax $43.1). Here is just ONE sample of the advertising currently found on the internet about tonights Lotto Texas jackpot .... from this you can clearly see why so many lottery tickets have been sold .... (These tickets are not being purchased by Texans - in my educated opinion) I pray that a fellow Texan wins the jackpot but since no one has won in the past 93 draws, it's unlikely but not impossible. Imagine, we build the jackpots and the money leaves the state. Oh so sad. PS ... Above is a screen shot from the Lotter's web site taken yesterday and they had not changed the jackpot amount. 4-15-23 - I'm receiving all kinds of calls from players who are reporting that your retailers seem to have a very limited scratch ticket inventory so I made some calls to find out WHY. And did I ever get an earful. This should not come as a shock to anyone but it seems as though IGT (formerly G-Tech) can't keep warehouse employees because they are grossly underpaid and are forced to work in extremely harsh conditions - meaning they burn up in the summers, they freeze in the winters and they have to stand on their feet all day long. The pay is not worth the agony so they are walking off the job in groves. IGT reps say that since the merger - G-Tech & IGT - that things have really gone south. They report that the company is so large that nobody knows anyone and the executives in Italy could care less. The company no longer seeks input from the reps - they feel un-appreciated and underpaid. My concerns are two-fold ... one - this should be a clear violation of their contract with the Texas Lottery. But it's believed/rumored that Gary Grief has been busy in the last few years in changing contracts and is "in bed" with IGT. Even if this is true, it would extremely hard for me to believe that he would allow lax distribution of his beloved scratch tickets because they are an estimated $6.7 billion of the total $8.2 billion in lottery revenues. The loss of income was my 2nd concern! Maybe Grief is secretly planning to blame then sue IGT if he loses his job due to lack of sales. (grin) One thing about it, if there's no product out there to sell, there will be no revenue to the state. What I want to know, is how can Grief or the TLC Commissioners turn their heads on poor treatment and poor pay for employees of their largest vendor? And players, the retailers tell me that they are having to wait 2 to 4 weeks for shipments so take a vacation from scratching so many losing tickets!!!! I am still working on my Jackpocket story ... it really is coming! 4-10-23 - I know it's been a long time since I posted on my Hodgepodge Page - there are too many drawings and not enough time. Sorry. Anyway, this posting is about the April 6, 2023 ten (10) Texas 2 Step jackpot winning tickets which consisted of 9 Self Pick Tickets and 1 Quick Pick. In this case, each winner will receive $155,000 each - they are splitting a $1,550,000 Jackpot. On April 6, 2023, the winning numbers were 06-15-24-33 Bonus 6. As you I'd say they were all very lucky!!! FYI ... In 2006, all ten (10) winners DID collect their winnings. We'll see if all players collect this time too! Where The Winning TX 2 Tickets Were Sold ... When you hear me commenting that there are so many duplicate tickets for each draw, this is a classic example or maybe I should say, PROOF. -------------------------------------------- 5/17/21 - Short note for you and a request for you to please speak up immediately .... Say NO To Sunday Drawings
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Dawn Nettles
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Garland, Texas 75049-5033
(972) 686-0660