Does the Lone Star State have the most Christ-centered legislature in America That s the claim made by Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick during his keynote speech this week at the Texas Policy Summit

In an exclusive interview, the powerful Republican cast major doubt on the future of the 33-year-old, state-run gaming operation.

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is investigating a lottery store in Austin that sold the $83.5 million winning lottery ticket for Wednesday's drawing.  The prize was the fifth biggest jackpot in the history of the game,

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is not always on good terms with the Texas House, says: “I have faith in our new speaker."

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he is concerned about fairness and transparency after an $83.5 million-winning ticket was sold to a courier service that also owns the store where the ticket was bought.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is investigating the legality of lottery couriers after a winning $83.5M lottery ticket was sold at a North Austin store. That store has sold several winning tickets in the past couple of years.

“This is not the way the lottery was designed to operate,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, after the $83.5 million ticket was sold through an Austin retailer owned by a lottery courier.

On Monday, February 17, a winning $83.5 million lottery ticket was sold at a retail store in North Austin. Now Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is investigating the jackpot