#Texas Lottery

On a hot afternoon in Lindsay, a town just south of the Texas-Oklahoma border near Denton, about 40 older adults congregate in the air-conditioned building next door to St. Peter's Catholic Church. Along with a lunch of cold-cut sandwiches, there is bingo, and the group eagerly awaits parishioner Jeannette Hellinger to call the letters and numbers,…

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the variety of gambling options available to its residents and visitors. In the Lone Star State, you'll find various land-based casinos, horse and greyhound racing, lottery games, and charitable bingo and raffles. While online gambling is still a grey area in Texas, there are still ways to enjoy your…

Gaming News 10 January 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) -- Jackpot.com, the online lottery ticket platform, launched today in Texas with $42 million in funding from some of the country's top professional sports franchises and marketing partnerships with the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Rockets, and San Antonio Spurs. Jackpot.com brings the official Texas state…

Gaining financial backing from some of the biggest names in the sports industry, Jackpot.com launched January 9 in Texas, where sports betting is not legal yet. Backed by $42 million in funding, backers of this online lottery ticket platform came from some of the USA's top professional sports franchises. As well, marketing partnerships are in place…

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 9, 2023-- Jackpot.com, the online lottery ticket platform, launched today in Texas with $42M in funding from some of the country's top professional sports franchises and marketing partnerships with the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Rockets, and San Antonio Spurs. This press release features multimedia. View the full…

Well, this is just a real nice surprise, Clark. Jackpot, the nascent online lottery courier app, has announced its launch in Texas today. Jackpot is the Jackpocket competitor which sells and fulfills Texas Lottery ticket purchases online or through an app. Raising Stake had reported last month that it was due to launch in Texas in December, but,…

If you love to play the Texas state lottery but hate the hassle of traveling to a gas station or convenience store to buy a ticket, you can now use apps such as Jackpocket to help you purchase tickets from the comfort of your own home. Jackpocket is an officially licensed third-party app that is a safe, legal and convenient way to buy lottery…

Even before Gov. Greg Abbott declared in October that he's willing to consider expanded gaming options in Texas, that industry was trying to improve its odds in the state by doling out massive campaign donations and building an army of lobbyists in preparation for the legislative session that begins in January. More than 300 lobbyists are now…

SAN JUAN, Texas (KVEO) - Bingo halls statewide are asking for help against games being played on Facebook. Texas Charitable Bingo is annually a half-billion-dollar industry, bringing value dollars to local charities. Since the pandemic began, those charity dollars have dropped drastically because of Bingo bandits. When the pandemic hit many halls…

The Idaho Lottery has confirmed that it will extend its existing contract with Scientific Games, a global supplier of various lottery tickets and solutions, including scratch cards, instant win games, and more. The contract extension will focus on scratch card games, and it will seek to help the Idaho Lottery continue raising funds for educational…

People showed up at convenience stores, groceries and gas stations around the country to snatch up lottery tickets for a chance at Monday night's massive $1 billion Powerball jackpot. The jackpot soared after no one matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing. It's the fifth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. historya nd second-largest in…

Wednesday, the business announced that its subsidiary, IGT Global Solutions Corporation, had extended its collaboration with the Texas Lottery by ten years. Following the expanded relationship's terms, IGT will continue to provide the Lottery with solutions and scratch ticket printing services. The most current announcement is the result of a…

The long-standing partnership between Scientific Games and the Texas Lottery will be extended until 2034 under a new partnership agreement. The Texas Lottery will continue to sell scratch ticket games from Scientific Games; however, the relationship will now include Scientific Games' SCiQ technology, an innovative system that gives a distinctive…

Scientific Games announces the Texas Lottery will continue to entertain its players with the company's world-leading scratch ticket games, licensed brands and innovative, custom promotions under a new contract that extends the successful partnership through 2034. Also included in the new contract is SCiQ, a ground-breaking lottery retail technology…

The leading global lottery products and services provider, Scientific Games, announced a partnership extension with the Texas Lottery. The company unveiled Tuesday it decided to extend its collaboration with the Lottery through 2034. The recent partnership extension reaffirms the success of the collaboration between Scientific Games and the Texas…

The anonymous winner bought the ticket at a Circle K in Irving. The Texas Lottery says they won't get the full prize, but they're still getting a huge moneybag. ARLINGTON, Texas - Do you know someone in Arlington who bought a lottery ticket, and you haven't heard from them since? If the answer's yes, then that might be the person who won the…

With the Mega Millions soaring to more than $1.2 billion, some North Texas retailers are selling lottery tickets by the hundreds to hopeful players. Lupe Beltran, the owner of Chuck's in Arlington, said lines have been steady at his store all week. The Mega Millions jackpot prize for the Friday, July 29 drawing has been increased to an estimated…

DALLAS (KDAF) - If you've ever played a slot machine at a casino and hit a triple seven or got the big win where the screen screams jackpot at you, you've experienced a feeling like no other. However, there are more jackpots to be had outside of slot machines, especially for a resident in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The Texas Lottery reports a…

The Texas Lottery upped the ante again, introducing the most expensive scratch-off ticket in the nation-a move gambling opponents labeled as "a cynical business model" and "beyond brazen." Last week, the Texas Lottery released a scratch-off ticket that sells for $100. Prizes start at $150, with a top prize of $20 million. Gary ­Grief, executive…

This week, lottery giant Pollard Banknote celebrates the launch of the Texas Lottery's brand-new US$20 Million Supreme scratch ticket. This is the first US$100 scratch game in the United States, and it is printed by the lottery supplier. The ticket comes with Soft Touch™ and Scratch FX®, which is a combination of print innovations, that enhance the…

The gambling industry is snowballing. With the latest advancements in technology, online gambling is more popular than ever, while playing in a land-based casino is as appealing as it always was. Based on the latest data, the gambling market size reached $230.9 billion in value in 2021, showing no signs of stopping. With millions and millions of…

Texans can play the lottery - whether it's Powerball or Mega Millions or one of our Lone Star State favorites like Lotto Texas - without going to a retailer to buy a ticket in person. They do this by accessing theLotter Texas online - on their computer or mobile phone. They register on the site, pick the lottery they want to play, fill out their…

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- theLotter has gradually expanded its Texas operations over the past year, introducing additional payment methods including MasterCard and Visa debit cards, Skrill virtual wallets, and PayPal through ACH payments and bank transfers. The service the company offers allows players in Texas to play Powerball…

At the beginning of December, Manitoba-based Pollard Banknote Limited announced that it has been awarded a Mobile Convenience App Development Services Contract from the Minnesota Lottery. In translation, the Canadian lottery provider will be allowed to develop a fully functional lottery app for its partner for both iOS and Android devices. Pollard…

Welcome to our guide to online gambling in Texas. Please scroll down for rankings of the top ten offshore sites that accept wagers from TX residents, a detailed overview of the state's current gambling legislation, and an outline of all land-based and digital casino services available to gamblers in Lone Star State. We put hours of research into…

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the Powerball lottery introduced an extra weekly drawing, players from Texas are buying more tickets. Besides the Wednesday and Saturday drawings, the multistate lottery started offering an extra draw day on Mondays recently. As a result, the jackpot has been rising steadily. More draws have meant…

You can count me as one Texan who is glad that the Legislature fell short in a plan to put a measure on the ballot that would determine whether we should allow big-time gambling at casinos in the state. I need to stipulate that when the Texas Lottery came into being in 1991, I argued on behalf of the newspaper where I worked at the time against the…

News in the online realm of the gambling industry regarding billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson typically revolves around his avid dislike of online gambling. The idea of online casino games has inspired him to spend tens of millions - at a minimum - of dollars to fight it from the highest levels of the United States government. Recent…

ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) - $5 million on a scratch off ticket - yes, that is the prize an Arlington resident recently walked away with. The big winner, who has elected to remain anonymous, won the money playing the Texas Lottery $200 Million Ca$h scratch ticket game. Discover DFW: Paddlesports On The Trinity River The ticket was purchased at Matlock…

It has been almost 30 years since the once-controversial Texas lottery was approved by voters. The first scratch game - Lone Star Millions - was sold to Gov. Ann Richards on May 29, 1992, By the end of that day, 23.2 million tickets - a record at the time - had been sold. Lotto Texas sales began on Nov. 7, 1992, and Texans flocked to buy their…

Quincy Johnson slid a $10 bill across the counter at Timewise Food Store on Montrose Boulevard in exchange for a shot at winning millions - a chance he described as "one in a trillion." "But you know, I'm OK with that," the Austin resident said, filling in the bubbles with sentimental numbers. "I feel like everybody wants to have hope in…

ogonet and SEMrush have revealed new traffic data of global and regional online gambling and gaming for the month of August. Global data of top gambling websites by traffic shows bet365.com leading with 224866843 users, up 5% from July, with 68% coming from mobile devices. Caliente.mx came next with 93.19 million (82% from mobile), flat from the…

ogonet and SEMrush are bringing new traffic data of global and regional online gambling and gaming for the month of October. Global data of top gambling websites by traffic sees bet365.com easily leading with 243.69 million users, a growth of 2% from September. Caliente.mx came next with 88646131, a monthly fall of nearly 8%. The top three was…