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2 days ago
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Texas Lottery results: Powerball, Pick 3 winning numbers for May 31, 2025
The Texas Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here's a look at May 31, 2025, results for each game: 01-29-37-56-68, Powerball: 13, Power Play: 2 Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here. The next Powerball drawing is on Monday, June 02, 2025 at 10:12 p.m. Morning: 9-6-9, FIREBALL: 0 Day: 4-6-9, FIREBALL: 0 Evening: 4-7-9, FIREBALL: 2 Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here. Morning: 7-2-4-5, FIREBALL: 8 Day: 4-7-6-1, FIREBALL: 2 Evening: 1-4-6-2, FIREBALL: 5 Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here. Morning: 01-03-05-06-07-08-09-13-15-16-22-23 Day: 02-03-04-08-11-12-14-15-16-17-18-24 Evening: 06-08-10-12-14-15-16-18-19-22-23-24 Check All or Nothing payouts and previous drawings here. Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Texas editor. You can send feedback using this form. This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Texas Lottery results: Powerball, Pick 3 winning numbers for May 31, 2025
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3 days ago
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Bill to end Texas Lottery Commission goes to Gov. Abbott
AUSTIN (Nexstar) – Legislation to abolish the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) is closer to becoming law. Friday night, Senators accepted House amendments to Senate Bill 3070, sending the bill to Gov. Greg Abbott for approval. SB 3070 would allow lottery games to continue, but would abolish the TLC and hand over control of the Texas Lottery and Charitable Bingo to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). The decision comes amidst a host of scandals for the commission, resulting in investigations from both the Texas Rangers and the Attorney General's Office. State Sen. Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, filed the legislation, after originally filing a bill to eliminate the lottery entirely. The final version of the legislation calls for the incoming Texas Lottery division of TDLR to undergo a sunset review to see how they're functioning under the new department. It sets a decision on whether to abolish the lottery completely in 2029.' 'Specifically, sunset will assess whether TDLR has sufficient tools to ensure the integrity of the game,' Hall said Friday on the Senate floor. Hall said TDLR will not pay out a lottery prize unless the winner submits forms required by the IRS, and that information is verified. The bill also calls for lottery mobile applications to end. If Abbott signs the bill into law, the lottery will have this summer to transition to TDLR before the TLC is abolished on Sept. 1. Because the TLC is up for sunset anyway, a Abbott veto would still mean the TLC is abolished on Sept. 1, but the Texas Lottery would go with it. After the vote earlier this month in the House, the commission issued a statement saying it will follow the direction of the legislature. 'The TLC is prepared to fully support the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation with ensuring that a smooth, seamless and successful transition occurs for both the administration of the lottery and the regulation of charitable bingo,' the commission's statement read. Hall has previously said that he would prefer that the state get out of the lottery business altogether. On Friday, he suggested more legislation could come in the future. 'Senate Bill 3070 represents a new chapter in our efforts to protect Texans from a vice that takes advantage of the poorest people in our state. But this is not the end of the story,' Hall said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
26-05-2025
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Changes to the Texas Lottery are coming under bill making its way through the Legislature
The scandal surrounding the Texas Lottery is prompting big changes in the Legislature. The Texas House passed a bill Monday morning that will transfer the lottery games to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and abolish the Lottery Commission. Powerball tickets at the Bonjour Food Store on Yale Street, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Houston. ( Mark Mulligan / Houston Chronicle ) Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The legislation will likely head to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk after the House and Senate discuss it further. The measure also bans the sale of lottery tickets online and requires the state to thoroughly review the lottery's operations again before 2029. Gov. Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who has been outspoken on the issue, and Attorney General Ken Paxton have all called for investigations, which are now underway. They and others have sharply criticized the lottery after questionable jackpots were won, including by players who purchased tickets through a lottery courier. The lottery will continue to provide funding for public schools and veterans' programs. While the lottery will survive, lawmakers debated an amendment that failed Monday night that would have ended the lottery games. Rep. Brent Money, R-Greenville, who wanted to abolish the lottery altogether, said, "It is an unfair game that is primarily paid by poor people in order to fund an area in our government." Representative Harold Dutton Jr., D-Houston, asked Money, "Is it voluntary or involuntary?" Money replied, "It's voluntary." Dutton responded, "So if they choose to play it, you have a problem with that? You're saying it's voluntary. It is not taking it from anybody." Also, on Monday, the House passed a bill that will provide hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to the TV and film industry in Texas. Unlike the Senate, which voted to give $500 million in incentives over the next two years, the House lowered that amount to $300 million. CBS News Texas asked Lt. Governor Dan Patrick's office whether he and senators will accept the House's changes or go to conference and negotiate their differences, but we did not hear back. Two other bills heading to the governor's desk include one banning THC in Texas, effectively wiping out the hemp industry, and another that prohibits the use of non-disclosure agreements against victims of sexual assault in civil settlements. The legislative session at the Texas Capitol ends Monday, June 2. Watch Eye On Politics at 7:30 a.m. Sunday on CBS News Texas, on air and streaming. Follow Jack on X: @cbs11jack
Yahoo
26-05-2025
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House clears the way for Texas Lottery to continue under a different state agency
The Texas House on Sunday preliminarily voted to abolish the Texas Lottery Commission and transfer the state's game to another agency after a last-ditch effort to kill the game entirely failed. The fate of the 32-year-old lottery commission had been in limbo, as a routine state review requiring legislation to extend the game's existence had come concurrently with some lawmakers' calls to shut down the lottery entirely over allegations of wrongdoing. An alternative was presented earlier this month in an unusual late-session filing of Senate Bill 3070: let the Texas Lottery Commission die, and transfer game operations, including charitable bingo operations, to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The bill is now likely the lottery's only way forward, as neither of the two 'sunset' bills continuing the commission have been touched by lawmakers for months. Beyond the agency move, SB 3070 contains several other lottery regulations also proposed in other bills this session. Those new restrictions include a new ban on online lottery ticket sales with language almost identical to one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's legislative priorities, Senate Bill 28. It also sidesteps the lottery's final hurdle, its loss of funding after the House removed it from its next biennial budget proposal in April. That money would have needed to be returned to allow the agency to continue. Rep. Charlie Geren proposed a new 60-page version of the bill from the House floor, fine-tuning some of the proposed investigative tools the new lottery department would have to root out illegal sales. SB 3070 also contains a provision requiring the Sunset Advisory Commission to review the lottery's operations under its new agency before 2029 to determine whether it should continue. That deadline was originally in 2027 when the bill passed through the Senate unanimously on May 15, which Patrick described as a 'two-year lease on life' for the game. Before ultimately OK'ing the bill 110-29, House members struck down a proposal to end the lottery altogether, as Rep. Brent Money, R-Greenville, introduced an amendment to Geren's bill that would have abolished the game entirely in September. That amendment failed 71-58. Money called the lottery the 'most regressive tax' in Texas, and his supporters claimed the game unfairly preys on the poor and could not be run fairly in any capacity. 'The problem is, as a legislature, if we know an agency is corrupt, shouldn't we just abolish it?' Rep. Nate Schatzline, R-Fort Worth said during floor discussion on Sunday. The lottery has received significant criticism from lawmakers over two jackpots won under circumstances they say epitomize the commission's failure to oversee the game safely. In the first, a single group in April 2023 printed 99% of the 25.8 million possible ticket combinations — called a 'bulk purchase' — winning a $95 million jackpot. In another February win, a Texas woman bought the winning ticket, worth $83.5 million, through an online app known as a lottery courier. First reported by the Houston Chronicle, the 'bulk purchase' received national coverage after it was revealed that millions of tickets were printed at four different locations on dozens of lottery terminals provided specifically for the mass-ticket effort. A lottery courier was also involved in the bulk purchase, which comprised 99% of the 26 million possible ticket combinations for the jackpot, but did not sell the tickets through its online service. Couriers, who had been operating in Texas by printing physical tickets at retail stores they owned before scanning and sending digital copies to customers, would be banned under SB 3070's online ticket sale restrictions. The online services' operations became another point of contention between the lottery commission and lawmakers after the agency passed its own ban on couriers after it maintained for years it could not regulate them. That rule is currently being contested in court by a national courier company, The lottery commission's likely dissolution is just one part of the fallout from the controversial jackpots and concerns over couriers. A commissioner with the lottery resigned in February, followed by its executive director in April. The $83.5 million win has yet to be paid out, as Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Texas Rangers, a division of the Department of Public Safety, are still investigating both jackpots for potential illegal activity. The anonymous woman filed a lawsuit last week seeking to force the lottery commission to release her winnings. SB 3070 requires a final vote in the House and the Senate's approval of the House's changes before heading to Gov. Greg Abbott. The governor has largely remained silent on the lottery's fate outside of ordering the Texas Rangers to launch an investigation in February. The bill would take effect immediately if signed, as it received more than two-thirds majority vote in the House and a unanimous vote in the Senate. First round of TribFest speakers announced! Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd; U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio; Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker; U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California; and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas are taking the stage Nov. 13–15 in Austin. Get your tickets today!
Yahoo
25-05-2025
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Texas woman sues state lottery commission for unpaid $83 million jackpot
A woman in Texas is accusing the state's lottery commission of withholding an $83.5 million jackpot three months after the numbers on her ticket matched the winning numbers in a drawing, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed on May 19, says the Montgomery County woman identified as Jane Doe purchased a lottery ticket on the night of Feb. 17 for the 'Lotto Texas' game using the courier service Jackpocket. The third-party service allows Texans to purchase lottery tickets online from authorized retailers on the customer's behalf. Lottery ticket courier companies are unregulated in Texas. They function by taking lottery ticket orders from players over the phone or online, buying the agreed-upon tickets from licensed lottery retailers and charging fees for purchasing and managing tickets. Doe's suit says her winning ticket was obtained on her behalf from Winners Corner, a licensed lotto retailer in Austin. The same night of her purchase, her ticket's numbers were drawn for the jackpot prize of $83.5 million, according to the lawsuit. One week later, the Texas Lottery announced it would be banning the unregulated lottery ticket courier services 'effective immediately.' Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also announced the state would be investigating the win. 'The proliferation of couriers in the state has raised serious concerns that the integrity, security, honesty, and fairness of lottery games is being undermined by the continued activity of courier services,' former Executive Director Ryan Mindell said in the announcement. Mindell resigned in April amid ongoing investigations, and Sergio Rey — who is named in the lawsuit — is now serving as the interim executive director. A November report from the Texas House found only three states — New York, New Jersey and Arkansas — regulate courier services. The lawsuit states the commission is 'not allowed to change the rules after the drawing' and is attempting to refuse to pay Doe's winning amount through a retroactive ban. Doe alleges she presented her ticket to the Texas Lottery Commission on March 18 and was not advised that it was invalid in any way. 'The claim is being reviewed under the Commission's claim validation requirements and is the subject of external investigation,' a spokesperson for the commission told NBC News. 'The agency does not have additional information to provide, as it does not comment on pending litigation and investigations.' This article was originally published on
