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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Ayden Runnels and Jasper Scherer

Texas Lottery remains in lawmakers’ sights despite move to ban third-party sales of tickets

A Texas Lottery stand at an Austin convenience store on Feb. 20, 2025.
A Texas Lottery stand at an Austin convenience store on Feb. 20, 2025. (Credit: Leila Saidane for The Texas Tribune)

The Texas Lottery Commission’s executive director said Monday he would move to ban couriers from buying lottery tickets after finding that state law bars the practice, an about-face from the agency’s yearslong claim it had no control over such third-party sales that was met by skepticism from senators at a hearing.

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