Austsar – While the state lawmakers decide the future of the TLC lottery, a woman from Texas, who won $ 83.5 million Lotto Texas, is required to win the grand prize from the judge to order the Acting CEO of the committee to pay gains.
Women, known as “Jane Doe” in the lawsuit, bought the winning ticket through the Fast Post service known as Jackpocket. Course service allows players to buy a ticket on the phone via an application without the need to go to an actual store.
The woman bought 20 -dollar tickets on the application and learned that she won the Grand Prix on February 17. She and her lawyer presented the winning ticket to TLC on March 18 to the present day.
Her lawyer, Randy Hori, said that the committee and his client told him again in March, the gains were not paid pending an investigation into the Texas Rangers in drawing the lottery and the other drawing of April 2023.
“In Texas, the deal is a deal, unless the Texas lottery is,” the case says. “It should not take a lawsuit to obtain their salaries when winning the lottery.”
The lawsuit claims that TLC has been verified the validity of the winning ticket that Jane Do is legitimate, but the committee, and its Acting Manager Sergio Rei refused to pay. The statement goes on that the rejection is “apparently based on one or more holders of the elected offices.”
Lieutenant Dan Patrick was honest against TLC and Lottery Course. He investigated the retail seller where the Laberepk ticket was printed, which is 17 February, and the winners, which are also owned by Jackpocket, a DRAFTITITICS company. He posted multiple videos on social media as he tried to enter the back of the store, as there were 47 lottery stations to print the lottery tickets. The new rules approved by the committee after winning the Grand Prix on February 17 allow the retail stores to have only five stations.
Patrick lawmakers and state legislators argue that the lottery guards services were not legal in the state and claimed that TLC acted beyond its authority to provide legitimacy for multiple fast mail companies to move and work in Texas.
In April 2023, an entity known as Rook TX won the Grand Prize Award for $ 95 million. Another suit submitted in Texas that Rook TX, as well as helping multiple Course services in the lottery, spent more than $ 25 million to buy almost every group of numbers to ensure a profitable ticket. These gains were paid, and there are beliefs that money left the country. Some lawmakers even called the money laundering scheme.
“If we have a lottery game, we need to close the lottery committee and deliver it to the Texas Ministry Licensing Ministry, TDLR,” Patrick said.
The lawsuit filed this week claims that in October 2018, the committee wrote to Jackpocket at the head of the official committee and advised the Jackpocket that it does not require Jackpocket “to obtain a license or another license from the committee” to perform the lottery ticket services. “
Ryan Mendel, former TLC executive director, announced that Course Services for the lottery were not legal in the state after a week of drawing on February 17. Mendeel eventually resigned from his post, and he has been run at the moment.
The future of the lottery
Senator Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, It submitted a draft law in the Senate This would finish TLC and put the lottery and charitable Bango under the management and organization of Texas for at least two years.
The Senate has passed and is expected to hear on the floor of the house soon. Hori and his client ask the judge to prevent Ray and the committee from using any of its profits of $ 83.5 million to pay the winners of the other lottery prizes.
Nexstar contact the committee’s media team to comment on the recent lawsuit. We will update this story with any response we get from the committee.