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Editorials & Opinions
by Dawn Nettles
Publisher - The Lotto Report
Posted May 4, 2025
I feel compelled to share 3 quotes with you even though I have
many reservations due to the vulgar language in one of them.
But when I read these quotes some months back, I was angered
and have not been able to forget and move on. The quotes
were made hours AFTER the crooks realized they
were successful in their ILLEGAL plot to win the
$95 million jackpot. So here goes …
At 12:54 AM, 4/23/23, when lottery.com’s executives
confirmed they had the 4/22/23 winning $95 million winning
ticket in their possession, CEO/Chairman Matthew McGahan,
sent the following text …
"A Fucking Amazing! Must have been electric when
those machines were turned on and those tickets
starting printing!" CEO/Chairman Matthew McGahan wrote.
What this message means is … WOW, we REALLY pulled it
off. Our scheme worked, we were successful and we’ve
made $60+ million in profit!
First, I’m offended by his language … he’s the CEO for
God’s sake … but more than that, he’s a CRIMINAL
and a CON MAN who’s gloating about screwing
lots of people.
Then, another executive….
Lottery.com’s COO Greg Potts wrote:
"A Big Win For the Company!"
These two quotes are just a few of the many I’ve
seen. The boasting, bragging and jubilee in realizing
they actually pulled this off made me sick.
During the Sunset hearing and other hearings at
the
Capitol, Ryan Mindell, then TLC Director, repeatedly
made it abundantly clear, the group did NOT successfully buy
all the combinations. Mindell said they were just lucky that
actually they had the winning ticket.
His remarks are a bunch of baloney because lottery.com
purposely deleted all consecutive number combinations.
Example … 1-2-3-4-5-6, and 2-3-4-5-6-7,
and 3-4-5-6-7-8 etc.
Also, they purposely didn’t buy 5 consecutive
number combination.
Example: 1-2-3-4-5-7 and 1-2-3-4-5-8 and ,
1-2-3-4-5-9.
God only knows how many
combinations (millions) fell into these
two groups
that were purposely not purchased. It's almost
as if they wanted word spread that they didn't
really
buy all combinations so it would
look they were just "lucky."
I’ve got to admit, IF I had done what they did,
I would have
deleted those combinations too!
Even knowing they could
be drawn, it’s highly
unlikely and have never been drawn before.
I wouldn't spend my money betting of
consecutive numbers either.
Finally there’s a great quote I was elated
to hear.
All I can say in response is, now let’s
see what he does
about the many wrongdoings
at the Texas Lottery.
The great quote is ...
Lt Govenor Dan Patrick said …
"The biggest theft in Texas history."
If I've offended anyone by posting the 1st quote,
I apologize. But I was so mad when I read it
in the text message, that I just saw red.
Posted Jan 29, 2025
Before ya'll start reading the multitude of stories regarding
what the TLC
has done, I want to say a few things.
Most of you know that I've been
concerned about
the actions of the TLC regarding the apps since at
least 2019. This was because I FELT they were illegal
and was not the
intent of the state when the lottery
was created back in 1992. At any rate,
it's taken
a long time but several things have happened
that FINALLY
got the attention of the legislature
and some very special folks who
realized
I was on to something so I finally got help!
The first trigger was when lottery.com made headlines
and was shut down for, actually, a number of reasons!
The second trigger was when Jerry Jones got in on owning
an app
and the final trigger was the $95 million
STOLEN jackpot.
And now it's been almost 2 years since the steal but many
things have transpired in these past two years which have
been reported by news outlets as they were able to obtain
the information they needed. It takes time to investigate
especially when you deal with LIARS & DENIERS.
So, my home page has way to many stories with links posted
on it. Therefore, I'm moving all stories to this page but will continue
to keep just the most recent stories on my home page. Eventually
they'll be removed but WILL be posted on this page.
There are a few things I want to say and/or remind you
regarding Gary Grief and the actions of the Texas Lottery.
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Let's not forget these things ....
1) The 2013 missing money story. $3 million was missing
but the NEVER found the money. The Internal Auditor
"resigned"
before she could conduct "one" more audit and
this was
an audit of the Claim Centers checking accounts.
Also of interest, the lottery did away with the position
of "Internal" Audit and chose to go with "External" Auditiors.
Hmmm
2) The Fun 5's scratch ticket ... In 2014 Gary chose to
continue selling these tickets KNOWING they were
deceptive. His famous last words in making the decision
to continue selling the tickets was, "It's a Nettles thing -
it'll pass and nothing will come of it." I don't think in
the end G-Tech/IGT agrees with him unless of course,
prize monies helped fund their legal expenses. Just a
thought I had.
3) Gary traveled the world at the expense of the
state. And just the cost to join the World Lottery
Association (membership dues) - Texas paid
$27,866.
I think the state paid for his travel!!!
4) Gary/and or lottery staff, INFLATED the
$95 million jackpot. I knew they were counting
on the jackpot being bought and won but they
grossly estimated sales by TX players. Because
I do the exact same estimates as they do before each
lotto draw, I know that Gary and staff, knew they were
over estimating what TX players would spend. As
a result, the TLC overpaid that jackpot by $1,863,280
because the TLC guarantees EITHER the amount in the prize
pool or the cost to fund the amount advertised. It's interesting
that this was the last jackpot estimate Gary signed off on too!
By the way, you WANT the rule to remain this way.
5) Gary is directly responsible for calling apps "couriers."
Courier services deliver a product to you and the apps
don't deliver any product to you. You have to go get it.
They send you a scanned image of a ticket via your phone.
He did this so it would appear to legislators that he had
no oversite of a delivery business.
6) Gary and/or legal allowed the so-called winners to
collect their 5 of 6 and 4 of 5, low tier prizes, anonymously.
That's against the law. The words used by the TLC was that
an "entity" collected the prizes.
7) Gary's most famous words are, sales increased again
this year.
This is money for schools and veterans.
This my friend, is a bunch of
crap. Here's why ...
sales may have increased but TX winners
have
decreased. This means the winners money is being
spent in communities outside of TX. 50% of sales
is suppose to
be prize money which is the way
it should be. And winners
buy houses, cars,
help animals, kids, buy firetrucks, build parks etc.
By allowing apps to sell to players across the
country and world wide,
all for the sake of
increasing his sales, well, he's hurt the
TX economy.
8) In Oct 2015, Mr. Grief inquired about bringing
Sports Betting to Texas. The Governor got wind of it
and sent Mr. Grief a nasty letter telling him that
he is not allowed to expand gambling. And to cease all
travel and employees travel for this purpose. (paraphrased)
9) So OK ... let's say they choose to allow buying tickets
via computers
and phones .... fine BUT make sure
all 22,000 TX lottery retailers
can charge the same
amount for selling tickets. When you use an app,
you'll pay an est $1.15 or more for the ticket
then the apps get their
5 cent commission
on top of that.
10) Gary's was/is dealing with some pretty bad folks. He has
given them everything they needed to pull off this $95 M jackpot
win plus some other things which I won't go into at this time.
One app - lottery.com - organized the scam. There were
4 sellers involved and lottery.com was the lead.
While all these things are REALLY bad, you know
what even worse. lottery.com had NO bank acct for
the TLC to sweep. The lottery actually sent them an
email/letter with wiring instructions on where to wire
their money to for selling lottery tickets!
One can conclude from the things I've mentioned that other
employees are involved as well as vendors. I have much to
report on as do several well known reporters. The stories will
come in time.
In closing my comments, the Legislature needs to shut down
buying lottery products from phones, apps, I Pads, QR codes
and they need to rescind anonymous claims PERIOD. If one
wins the lottery, he needs to keep his mouth shut. This change in
law came in about the same time Mr. Grief was working on
increasing sales "ideas." I wonder, why did Mr. Grief
really want anonymous claims for prizes greater than
$1 million? Texas winners didn't have serious problems
as implied.
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---- Massive Media Coverage ----
The $95 Million Stolen Jackpot
(This is NOT all stories - I can't keep track of all of them!)
- New Stories Posted on Top -
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- Inserted 2 Print Stories - 5/6/25 - 3:45 PM
Exclusive: Texas Lottery Commission
Calls in FBI Amid Explosive Allegations
Was the Lottery Commission following orders
when it expanded gambling in Texas?
Texas Scorecard by Daniel Greer,
06/06/25, Click here
Texas Senate panel considers bill
that would dissolve state lottery
Community Impact by Hannah Norton,
05/05/25, Click here
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- Inserted 6 Print and TV Stories - 5/5/25 PM -
State Sen. Bob Hall calls for end of
Texas Lottery amid scandal
KXAN TV by Adam Schwager , 5/5/25, Click here
Texas Senate looks to do away with state lottery
CBS TV Austin by Michael Adkison May 5th 2025, Click here
Lawmakers look at funding for Texas Lottery
State lawmakers took up a bill that would shut down the lottery.
The hearing follows a ruling from a Travis County judge
who puts on hold a rule change involving lottery couriers.
FOX & Posted 5/05/25, Click here
New head of Texas Lottery Commission questioned
during hearing on bill to abolish state lottery
If approved, Senate Bill 1988 would end the
Texas Lottery by Jan. 1, 2026.
KVUE TV, Adam Bennett 5/5/25, Click here
Texas Lottery faces an uncertain future.
Could this be the end?
Legislators need to reauthorize the Lottery Commission by
Aug. 31, as funding for the agency isn’t part of the Texas budget.
Dallas Morning News by Gromer Jeffers – 5-5-25, Click here
Judge: Lottery commission cannot take action
against courier company that brought lawsuit
Austin American-Statesman by John Moritz – 5/5/25, click here
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- Inserted 19 new stories and one editorial
by The Lotto Report (top left column) 5/4/25 -
Analysis: Was the Rigging of
a $95M Jackpot Legal? No.
Here are the laws that were likely broken in April 2023.
Texas Scorecard by Daniel Freer | May 2, 2025, Click here
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants major
change to Texas Lottery Commission
Governor Greg Abbott and Patrick called for a
Texas Rangers
investigation into the integrity
of the state's lottery
NBC News by Vince Sims • May 1, 2025
Click here
State of Texas: Lottery on ‘life support’ as
Lt. Governor calls for ending commission
KXAN TV - by: Dylan McKim, Adam Schwager,
Josh Hinkle, John Thomas, 5/3/25, click here
The shocking story behind an eight
hundred
billion-to-one lottery win
Did executives from what was once a
very popular
lottery courier service
manipulate a Powerball win?
USA Today by Alex Cramer, click here
A Russian Businessman’s Connections
to the Texas Lottery
The indictment was unsealed mere days before
Gov. Abbott pushed DPS off the sidelines.
Texas Scorecard by Daniel Greer May 1, 2025,
Click here
Lawmakers poised to make lottery winners
anonymous
in Oregon. They’re gambling the
decision won’t backfire
Oregon Live.com - story by Ted Sickinger
April 2025, click here
Texas lottery bans online sales through
third-party couriers amid mounting criticism
After years of claiming that companies selling lottery tickets
online could not be regulated, the Texas Lottery Commission
voted to ban the practice.
Texas Tribune by Ayden Runnels, April 29, 2025 Click here
Courier Ban Made Official By Texas
Lottery,
Legal Experts Weigh In
Troutman Pepper Partners Lauren Fincher
and Stephen Piepgrass
were quoted in the
April 29, 2025 PlayTexas article, Click here
Inside the scheme to buy 25M tickets and win
the Texas lottery – and how it’s affected
another winner’s $83M payout
New York Post by Megan Palin, Andy Tillett,
Click here
Scandals are no strangers to Texas Lottery
Commission directors. Here's some history
Austin American Statesman by John Moritz,
click here
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick visits Winners Corner
and the TLC. Intriguing to say the least
04/25/25 – Click here to watch the video
Daniel Greer gives interview on a Podcast
about the relationship between the TLC
and Jerry Jones – Dallas Cowboys.
What a revealing interview!
A must watch … click here to watch it!
Courier’s lawsuit seeks to block
TLC
from banning its services
Lotto.com’s suit, which was filed Thursday,
comes less than a week before the state
agency votes to ban the third-party services.
Texas Tribune by Ayden Runnels, click here
Texas Lottery Commission head resigns amid
state investigations into controversial wins
USA Today by Anthony Robledo, click here
Lotto.com courier sues Texas Lottery
Commission over sudden ban
Next IO Lotto.com by Zak Thomas-Akoo
Click here
Lotto.com Sues Texas Lottery
Over Courier Ban
Casino.org by Philip Conneller, click here
Jilted Lottery Ticket Reseller Sues the
Texas Lottery Over Ban
Claims leveled in the suit burn former
directors
Gary Grief and Ryan Mindell,
validating watchdog claims.
Texas Scorecard By Daniel Greer
April 25, 2025, click here
Mystery winner of whopping $83.5M
lottery may never
see her money —
due to a sudden technicality
New York Post 3/25/25 by Isabel Keane, click here
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Inserted 2 new stories plus of copy of
the petition filed with the court on 4/24/25
Lotto.com operator files lawsuit against
Texas Lottery Commission over courier ban
WFAA TV - Author: Ben Sawyers - /4/24/25
Click here
Texas Lottery Commission ‘actively assisted’
setting up courier companies: court filing
Austin American Stateman by John Moritz
04/24/25 – Click here
Read Lawsuit Filed by lotto.com ...
See the evidence - it's mind boggling!
Unbelievable, Click here
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Director of the Embattled Texas Lottery
Commission Resigns As Agency’s
Controversy Swirls
By John Moritz – Austin American Statesman – April 21, 2025
Click here
Texas Lottery Commission Director Resigns
Amid Scrutiny and Investigations.
The lottery commission suffers another
setback as lawmakers weigh ending
the program entirely.
Texas Scorecard by Brandon Waltens | April 21, 2025
Click here
Texas Lottery Executive Director Resigns In
Latest Fallout After Controversial Jackpots
Houston Chronicle by Eric Dexheimer 4-21-25
Click here
Watch 15 Second Video
Showing The Start Of Printing
Lotto TX Tickets For The
Stolen $95 Million Jackpot
The video was filmed at lottery.com's Spicewood
location which was formerly a dentist office.
Sources say the first two people, seen in white
chairs running tickets, are
most likely Ryan Dickenson's
children and the black backpack belongs to Mr. Dickenson.
Note
the cell phones under the optical scanners - Hmmmm
(I find it easier to see these things by pausing the video)
Click here
Did Lottery.com Steal the $95 Million
Lotto Texas Jackpot
Were Lottery.com
Official Behind Rook TX
by Alex Cramer, Opinion Columnist
Click here
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Texas lottery executives blessed a scheme that
ensured one player would win a $95 million
jackpot in 2023. The caper has underscored
a sense that almost nothing is on the level.
New York Times by David Goodman –
Sunday, 4/20/25 – Click here
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How a Secretive Gambler Called ‘The Joker’
Took Down the Texas Lottery.
A global team of
gambling whizzes hatched a scheme to
snag
the jackpot; millions of tickets in 72 hours
Wall Street Journal by Joe Wallace & Kathweine Sayre
Appeared Online 04/12/25 – Print Front Page 4/14/25
Click here
How a Perennial Playoff Failure Is Profiting off
the Texas Lottery.
Are the Cowboys more focused
on winning tax-funded contracts than football games?
Texas Scorecard by By Daniel Greer and Robert Montoya
April 14, 2025, Click here
Campaign To Save the Texas Lottery Linked to
Gov. Abbott Advisor.
Who’s behind Texans for a
Stronger Economy, a non-profit
that has rushed
to the Texas Lottery’s defense?
Texas Scorecard By Daniel Greer | March 25, 2025, Click here
The Unbelievable Win That Rocked the Texas Lottery
Action Network by Dave Grendzynski, Casino Writer –
April 16, 2025, click here
The two men behind the scheme that won a $57 million
Texas lottery jackpot.
The operation involved machines
printing hundreds of tickets a second in several locations.
Texas Standard By Sarah Asch - April 15, 2025 – click here
Exclusive: Texas Lotto jackpot winner's lawsuit
says rigged game cut his payout from $100M to $7.5M
Houston Chronicle By Eric Dexheimer, Investigative Reporter
04/08/25 – Click here
House Budget Defunds The Texas Lottery … Here’s Why
Austin American Statesman by John Moritz, April 16, 2025 Click here
Texas lottery player claims he was cheated out
of $95 million in 2023 jackpot win
KXAN TV - by: Dylan McKim Posted: Apr 9, 2025, Click here
$7.5M Texas Lottery winner files lawsuit,
claims he should've won $100M
MYSA - By Cristela Jones, Austin Trending Reporter
April 9, 2025, Click here
Exclusive: Texas Lotto jackpot winner's lawsuit says
rigged game cut his payout from $100M to $7.5M
By Eric Dexheimer, Investigative Reporter April 8, 2025 - Click here
‘I want my money back’: How Texas could recover cash
from $95 million stacked-odds Lotto game
By Eric Dexheimer, Staff writer March 25, 2025, click here
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"Rigged"
How the Texas Lottery is playing Texans
A 17 minute Documentary by Daniel Greer
A MUST Watch, Click here
Jackpot withheld, $83 million winner
“caught in crossfire” amid lottery
courier investigations
Texas Tribune by Ayden Runnels
03/19/25, Click here
Why Is the Texas Lottery Commission
Hiding Details of a $1M Payout?
Texas Scorecard - Daniel Greer
| March 18, 2025, Click here
Why this Texas lotto jackpot
winner can't claim her prize
KHOU TV – 03/18/25, Click here
Texas jackpot winner will not get
$83.5 million winnings… for now
News Nation - Dylan McKim
03/18/25, Click here
She won Lotto Texas jackpot
but state isn't yet handing over
the $83.5M: 'I'm just angry'
Austin American Statesman – John Moritz
03/18/25 – Click here
Lawmakers weigh moving bingo operations
out of Texas Lottery’s purview amid
agency’s uncertain future
Texas Tribune – Ayden Runnels - 03/17/25, Click here
Jackpocket exits New Mexico following
negative AG opinion on couriers
SBC Americas - March 4, 2025, Click here
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State Representative To TX Lottery
Director, I Want My Money Back
Texas Scorecard – 3/11/25 - Click here
Here's why the Austin store that sold $83.5M
Lotto winning ticket is under investigation
Austin American Statesman – John Moritz
3/12/25, Click here
Proposal Could Stop You From Gaming
The System To Win TX Lottery Jackpot
KXAN TV – 3/11/25 - , Click here
Texas lawmakers aim to restore public
trust as lottery controversy intensifies
News SASA – 3/10/25, Click here
2 Texas Lottery Wins Prompt
Investigations and Stir Public Outrage
New York Times – March 6, 2025, Click here
Gov. Abbott speaks on
Texas Lottery controversy
KVUE TV - March 6, 2025, Click here
Texas Lottery executives say they didn’t
know of a scheme to win a $95M jackpot.
Evidence casts doubt
Houston Chronicle By Eric Dexheimer -
3/5/25, Click here
How did the Texas lottery get into this mess?
Because no one was watching the bureaucrats.
Many Texas state agencies are overseen by
volunteers without related subject matter expertise.
Austin American Statesman – John Moritz
March 2, 2025 - Click here
Texas lottery courier company controversy
is just latest in a string of lottery scandals
Austin American Statesman – by John Moritz -
2/26/25, Click here
Texas Rangers Open Investigation
Into The Texas Lottery
CBS - Austin, Click here
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State Vendor IGT Violated Its Contract
With The Texas Lottery Commission
Texas Scorecard - 02/27/28 - Click here
You Tube – A Great Explanation of What's
Going On And Easy To Understand
Click here
'Nearly every possible number' combo purchased
in $95M Texas Lottery won in North Texas, Abbott says
WFAA TV – 02-25-25 - Click here
Texas Lottery investigating all courier services
in state, limiting terminals at retailers
KXAN TV – 02/25/25 - Click here
Texas Rangers Investigate
Controversial
Texas Lottery Wins
Texas Border Business - 02-25-25 - Click here
Texas Lottery Commission bans courier services,
Gov. Abbott orders investigation into lottery incidents
News Channel 6 – Wichita Falls - 02/25/25 - Click here
Texas Senators Rip Lottery Commission in
Committee Hearing, Pass Courier Ban
Texas Scorecard – 02-25-25 - Clcik here
Texas Lottery Pushes for Major Shake-Up
After Controversial Wins
Newsweek – 02/25/25 - Click here
Texas to investigate lottery jackpots as
questions
swirl about online ticketing firms
CNN 02/25/25 - Click here
Texas Lottery fallout: Jackpocket
suspends operations in Texas
Fox 7 - 02/25/25 - Click here
Under Pressure the Texas Lottery Bans
Online Ticket Sales by Third Party
Dallas Morning News 2/25/25 - Click here
Texas lottery commissioner resigns
amid allegations against agency
News Nation – 02-24-25 - Click here
Texas Lottery remains in lawmakers’ sights
despite move to ban third-party sales of tickets
Texas Tribune – 02-24-25, Click here
Texas Lottery commissioner resigns as agency
faces legislative scrutiny
Texas Tribune – 02-23-25 - Click here
California Directive - No Apps Allowed -
They Care About Their Players!
Click here
CA Lottery - They Do Not Allow Using Apps
Click here
California AG Opinion
Using Apps to Purchase Lottery Tickets
Click here
California Lottery warns against illegal
online ticket couriers, risks retailer contracts
June 18, 2024 – Fox 26 News - Click here
Jerry Jones & The Texas Lottery - Dallas Cowboys
IMHO - Jone's has done quite well
financially with his Lottery connections! Click here
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Lottery Spat Likely Won’t Expand Gambling
Austin American Statesman – John Moritz - Press Reader -
02/23/25 - Click here
Patrick Slams lottery sales operations.
Houston Chronicle – Eric Dexheimer – Pressreader -
2/22/25 – Click here
Texas Lotto Faces More Scrutiny,
Lt. Gov. Investigates $83.5M Winning Ticket
Dallas Express - 2/22/25 - Click here
Cheating allegations and lawsuit lead Texas lawmakers
to ponder abolishing state lottery
CBS – KTVT - 02/21/25 - Click here
Texas Lottery ticket sales to third-party services fuel
controversy and questions about the agency’s future
Texas Tribune –Ayden Runnels & Jasper Scherer
Hot Tip - You can listen to this story! - 2/21/25 - Click here
Lawmaker calls for probe into $95 million lottery jackpot
Taylor Press – 2/21/25 - Click here
Texas Lottery Vendor IGT Sued
Alongside Lottery.com and Former Director
Texas Scorecard - Daniel Greer – 2/20/25 – Click here
Austin store that sold $83.5M winning lottery ticket
under investigation by Dan Patrick
Fox 7 TV Austin - Katie Pratt - 02/18/25 - Click here
Former TX Lotto head named in
class action suit over lottery fraud
SBCAmericas – 2/19/25 - Click here
$83 Million Texas Lottery Ticket Sparks Investigation.
Time We Take A Deep Look, Lt Gov Says
Ft. Worth Star Telegram - 2/19/25 - Mike Stunson, Click here
(Hot Tip - Free read or listen for 48 hours)
Lt. Gov Patrick has no confidence in the Texas Lottery
John Moritz – 2/19/25 - Austin American Statesman, Click here
(You have to be a subsciber - And I highly recommend investing in it!)
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Exposes Illicit Lottery Ticket
Reseller After $83 Million Jackpot Win.
The Texas Lottery is corrupt.
Texas Scorecard – Daniel Greer - 2/17/25 – Click here
Lt Governor Dan Patrick Visits Winners Corner.
He Verifies The $83.5 Million Lotto Ticket Was
Purchased Via An App Meaning The Player
Paid More Than Face Value For His Ticket
Watch this video- 2/18/25 - the day after the win - Click here
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Lawsuit Accuses TX Lottery of
Fraud & Manipulating Lottery Outcomes
Great coverage on the events. They do have
one minor error - that I totally understand - and
that is that they refer to Gary Grief as a "Commissioner"
but he is actually the FORMER Lottery Director.
KVUE TV Austin - 2/16/25 - Click here
Legislators Seek Probe of Lottery Win
What a story! The Texas Lottery's wrongdoings.
02-14-25 - Houston Chron - Press Reader
Click here
Video by Eric Dexheimer - Houston Chronicle
All about the Senate Hearing
2/15/25 - A Video - Click here
TX Senators Drop Neutron Bomb
on Texas Lottery
Texas Scorecard by Daniel Greer
2/13/25 - Click here
Texas Lotto jackpot questions
lead lawmakers to call for action
KXAN - Written story including videos
2/14/25 - Click here
Lottery Commission, former director
accused of defrauding Texans
KXAN – An very informative read
2/14/25 - Click here
The $1 Million Ticket Sent To China
Texas Scorecard by Daniel Greer
Can you believe the same person won back to
back - $50K each draw - playing Powerball then
1 week later wins $1 million playing Powerball? The
odds of this are trillions to one but it happened. And
guess what? The tickets were sold by lottery.com/Altex.
Hmmm .... 2/12/25 - Click here
Senators Accuse Lottery Leaders
of Enabling Illegal Activity
KXAN – Includes Interview with John Moritz
with the Austin American Stateman
2/15/25 - Click here
Senator questions Texas lottery leaders
about potential money laundering
You Tube - KXAN - Click here
Betting Beyond Borders:
Lottery.com to Sell Texas Lottery
Tickets in Europe and Africa
Texas Scorecard by Daniel Greer 2/6/25
It was announced this week that lottery.com intends to sell
Texas Lottery tickets to international players. Even after
having no retailer license and after filing false information
with the SEC last week. If ya'll only knew what all
was "really" going on here, you'd be calling for law
enforcement to start putting handcuffs on several
individuals. When is the TLC going to stop these people
from winning our games and permitting such activity?
There is more to come. Click here
"Fix Lottery Loophole ...
TX lawmakers must cut off online
sales of tickets or regulate couriers"
Sale of tickets though phone apps
help people beat the system.
Dallas Morning News Editorial Board
Is anyone in Austin going to do something about the
TLC taking advantage of Texas Lottery Players
and the 22,000 loyal lottery retailers?
Feb 2, 2025 - Click here
Aggressive Lottery Ticket Offers
Join Ongoing Texas Lottery Controversies
Texas Scorecard by Daniel Greer - 1/28/25
More light shines on the TLC ... And it's not good!
Another spectacular story. While Gary Grief
is taking the brunt of the blame, and righfully so,
he still did not act alone - IMHO.Much more is
coming so stay tuned but in the meantime, read this.
Click here
How A Top Texas Lottery Official
Helped Investors Win $95 Million
Houston Chronicle by Eric Dexheimer
Front Page 02/02/25 - Posted Online 1/27/25
This is another great investigative story
that reveals more than any state official ever
wanted exposed. And there's MORE to come.
Click Here
"Former Texas Lottery Chief Gary Grief
slammed in state report on leadership failures."
Dallas Morning News by Dave Lieber
Front Page Metro Section - 1/26/25
An incredible investigative story on what auditors
found when investigating the Texas Lottery.
Click here
"Report Exposes Rogue TLC Leadership"
by Daniel Greer - Texas Scorecard
A MUST read and know two things.
1) It's ALL true and 2) there's more shocking
findings to come out. Posted 1/10/25 - Click here
"Exposed" (TLC Caught)
Texas Scorecard - Daniel Greer
Validating all that I've said about the
STOLEN $95 million Lotto TX jackpot.
Plus Much More! Watch the Preview.
Posted Dec 29, 2024 - Click here
5 Part Series Titled "EXPOSED"
- Listen to ALL Episodes. From my link
you can click on each one individually.
I'd start with Episode 1 - Posted Jan 7, 2025
Click here
Sunset Commission FINALLY Holds
Texas Lottery Accountable, A Scathing Report
So now that "someone else" is confirming
my "allegations" ... what will our lawmakers
do to HELP TX Lottery Players?
Will we get fair game of chance and will
we be protected from "anonoymous" claims?
Posted 01/07/25, Click here (pdf)
11/6/24 Online Headline Reads ...
International Syndicate Bought Almost Every
Numeric Combination for 2023 Lotto Texas.
Purchase of most possible tickets
essentially locked out Texas players.
Did the gamble pay off?
Dallas Morning News by Dave Lieber
The Dallas Morning News was the first newspaper
to report this story in April 2023.And Dave Lieber has
done one tremendous job in his follow up story for
his readers.The story is online now and will appear in
the paper on Sunday, Nov 10, 2024. Click here
11/4/24 Headline Reads ...
Texas Lottery Commission
Caught Misrepresenting Rule Change
Texas Scorecard by Daniel Greer
This is truly a long overdue story - As you can see
from everythng I've posted since the April 2023
stolen Lotto Texas $95 million jackpot, I'm elated to
see that the media is picking up on the true FACTS
behind the TLC's actions/neglect to its loyal players.
How they'll cheat us and their loyal lottery retailers
all for the sake of increasing their sales.
Posted 11/5/24 - A MUST Read - Click here
The 2024 Sunset Review of the
TX 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 My comments (apps vs couriers), (pdf) click here
8/19/24 My 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
The Surprising European Links
To A $95M Lotto Texas Win
This unbelievable investigative story appeared
in the Houston Chronicle in early October.
It appears a group of 3 people from Malta
with financing from London, used IPads and
QR Codes to purchase nearly 26 million tickets.
With of course, help from the Texas Lottery and
G-Tech. How very sad it is that our lottery would
screw their loyal lottey players. Posted 10/14/24
Houston Chronicle- Click here
News Nation - Click here
KKam Radio - Click here
May I suggest you do a Google Search for
the many stories that have been written now.
$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
As it appeared in the
Houston Chronicle on 5/7/24 ...
"How A Pop-Up Ticket Vendor With
Financial
Troubles Aided In A
Sure Fire Texas Lotto Win"
I cannot begin the express the necessity
that all Texas Lottery
players read this
story at any cost. You are all gambling with
your hard earned dollars so you SHOULD
be aware of
the things the Texas Lottery
does to literally cheat you out of
your money.
Many of you learned a valuable lesson when
you
bought the Fun 5 tickets back
in 2014. PLEASE, I urge you,
pay 25 cents to read this story.
Posted 5/8/24. Click here
As it appeared front page of
The Houston Chronicle ...
"How Someone Stacked The
Odds In Their Favor To
Win A
$95 Million Texas Lottery Jackpot"
WOW - What a fantastic investigative
story
by Eric Dexheimer about the
"bought $95 Million jackpot"
A MUST read for all lottery players
even if you have to pay 25 cents
to read it. I will post additional
comments in the coming days.
Posted 4/22/24 -
Click here
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Gary Grief Testify's ...
At a House Licensing & Administrative
Hearing ... Go watch the video - he's the
first witness ... He calls "Jackpocket" - an app
that allows you to buy lottery tickets online -
a "messenger service." What a line of BS he
fed the committee ... Online lottery sales is
ILLEGAL in Texas - if our 17,000 retailers
knew they could charge an extra fee for
selling tickets, they'd do it.
Click here to watch the video.
(When you get to this page, scroll
down to click the June 7, 2022 hearing.)
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