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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Ayden Runnels

The Texas Lottery and billions in school funding in limbo as deadline nears at Capitol


State Sen. Bob Hall laid out a bill in a Senate State Affairs Committee hearing on Monday with one purpose: ending the Texas Lottery.

In a lengthy speech, the Edgewood Republican summarized all the problems at the Texas Lottery Commission that culminated in the agency allowing ticket sales he called illegal to occur. The only solution, Hall said, would be to abolish the game entirely.

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