You have a fitting name, Gary Grief. To take the Peanuts analogy a step further, you are Lucy holding the football, which represents the winners of the greatest heist in Texas history, an almost $100 ...

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation sees its budget increase sixfold as it prepare to take responsibility for the troubled state lottery.

Texas lottery scandal sparks agency shutdown, bans online sales, triggers major lawsuit, and raises questions about the future of the game.

The use of couriers, which have been operating for several years in Texas, became widely discussed during the 2023 legislative session when lawmakers questioned then-Executive Director Gary Grief ...

Mr. Mindell took over the commission last year after the resignation of the previous executive director, Gary Grief, who had been in charge at the time of the 2023 draw.

Mindell took over as executive director of the commission after Gary Grief, his predecessor and the agency’s longest-serving executive director, resigned in 2024.

Mindell took over as executive director of the commission after Gary Grief, his predecessor and the agency’s longest-serving executive director, resigned in 2024.

Metzger, of Lotto.com, got word that a bulk-buying operation was in the works—“let’s put it this way, the lottery industry is a small place,” he said—and reached out to Grief around a ...

Gary Grief, taken in 2019. No tech buying allowed. The lottery’s games are supposed to be sold according to their original 1992 rules: cash only, over-the-counter, in-person sales.