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The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation sees its budget increase sixfold as it prepare to take responsibility for the troubled state lottery.
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 ...
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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.
“Players are turning out in droves to have the exclusive chance at winning the largest jackpot prize on the continent,” Gary Grief, the lottery’s executive director, said.
December 2023 Longtime lottery chief steps down After 30 years at the lottery commission, director Gary Grief surprises many by retiring, naming deputy director Ryan Mindell as his successor.
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.
Good grief, Gary Grief. You are the former executive director of the Texas Lottery, and when you retired last year, you left your beloved lottery ensnared in scandal.