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Links will be active on the date the story is posted.
- Part One -
The Texas Lottery and Director Gary Grief
causes many delays in obtaining documents
to investigates and write this story. So I posted
this first ... "A Story About A Story."
You will see where one could easily
question if documents provided were
altered. This would be a violation of law.
Aug 11, 2019.
Texas Lottery Lacks Transparency
- Part Two -
Details pertaining to the TLC's
responses to my open records requests.
Unbelievable. It is quite obvious they don't
want to provide any information to me.
Aug 11, 2019 -
An Open Records Nightmare
- Part Three -
International travel paid for by
the World Lottery Association is
what Mr. Gary Grief wants everyone
to believe. But is this TRUE? Did they
alter these documents too? Aug 21, 2019
- Running A Red Light To Travel
- Part Four -
Lavish travels - a minimum 105 trips at
a cost of a minimum of $160K. But were
these trips really paid for by the state?
See how much was paid in service fees,
inflated memberships and
scratch tickets
that were licensed by the
very
organization Mr. Grief says
paid for
his travels. Was this act equivalent to
stealing prize monies from the players?
Plus, this story offers a fun contest for
the person who can guess Mr. Griefs
miles traveled! Oct 21, 2019 -
Director Grief's Favorite Pastime, Traveling
News Stories
NBC 5 - Dallas Ft. Worth (11/13/19) Click here
- Part Five -
Complaint Letter To Governor Abbott
Read 11/5/19 letter ... Click here
Exhibits to letter:
Exhibits A - D - Click here
Exhibits E - J - Click hereClick
- Part Six -
To Come
- Part Seven -
To Come
- Part Eight -
To Come
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Partial List of Documents
To Support My Stories
Travel Vouchers
FY 2016 Travel Reports, Click here
FY 2017 Travel Report, Click here
FY 2018 Travel Reports, Click here
FY 2018 Travel Reports- Click here
FY 2019 Travel Report- Click here
Initial cost to obtain Travel Reports
Click here
Attachments To Grief's Travel Vouchers
Showing Travel Monies
To Be "Reimbused"
to TX by MUSL or NASPL -
It was "implied" - from documents attached to
Grief's expense reports - that many of his trips
were at NO COST to the State. This meant that
the amounts shown on these documents
should be
"deducted" from his total expenses.
But I think, based
on my findings, that excessive service fees TX paid
to MUSL and NASPL and/or the monies paid to them
for scratch ticket licensing is being returned to TX.
See the attachments I'm referencing here -
4 separate pdf's ...
PDF 1 - PDF 2 - PDF 3
PDF 4 (Singapore Memo)
Excel Spreadsheets - See the Service Fee's Paid
Fee's Paid To NASPL & WLA
Click here.xls
Fee's Paid To MUSL
Click Here (xls)
All Monies Paid To Citibank -
TLC's "Travel Card"
This spreadsheet shows ALL Citibank charges -
Includes Procurements, Travel CC and IBT CC
charges.
A very interesting file! (This is NOT
the spreadsheet showing Grief travels.)
(Click here to see spreadsheet in its entirety - xls)
Gary Grief's Travel
- This Excel spreadsheet has 3 tabs -
"Grief's Total Travels" contains all "known" travel dates, costs,
and comments. You will see, starting on row 647 of the spreadsheet,
where I added in expenses not found on Grief's travel vouchers.
"Grief's Airfare" is airfare only and may not be 100% complete.
"Grief's IBT" shows all charges made to his State issued credit card.
Click here
Gary Grief's IBC Card (pdf)
The TLC did NOT provide me with copies
of ALL of Mr. Grief credit card statements. Open
records said the statements "were not available"
with no other explanation. I requested 3 years which
should have been 36 statements. I received 13 statements.
You'll find few charges - three hotel charges are not
supported by a travel voucher.
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Texas Lottery Commissioners
(As of 11/9/19)
Chairman J. Winston Krause
(Tax Law, Estate Planning &
Probate, Business Law)
504 W. 13th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: 512-477-6707
Fax: 512-477-6708
April 2009
(Chairman effective Sept 1, 2013)
Commissioner Robert Rivera
FMSbonds, Inc
(214) 302-2246
Served as a City of Arlington
Council Member (since 2005 - 2017)
Appointed August 3, 2015
Expires February 1, 2021
Commissioner Mark A Franz
Real Estate Developer & Investor
Austin, TX
Appointed May 7, 2019
Expire on February 1, 2025
Commissioner Erik Saenz
Houston
Managing Member of ECS Inc
Quest LNG Partners, LLC.
Co-founder of LNG 21, LLC
Currently serves on the Board of
Directors as Chief Accounting Officer.
Serves as Vice Chairman of the Harris County
Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation
Foster for Animal Justice League - an avid
supporter of various animal rescue organizations.
Appointed Aug 13, 2019
Expires on February 1, 2023
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