A syndicate’s bold move to purchase every possible numeric combination for nearly $26 million paid off. But it also ignited a crisis for the lottery.
The 2023 Lotto Texas jackpot, won by foreigners, launches a crisis that the Texas legislature must fix in 2025. This unmarked Colleyville store sold $11 million tickets in three days. How did they do it?There were no signs indicating that lottery tickets were sold there. The place was billed as “Hooked on MT,” which promotes Montana fishing.
Four lottery stores like the one in Colleyville asked the lottery commission for an extra dozen computer terminals to handle the massive sales. The lottery complied. More terminals meant more sales – but not necessarily to Texans.What seems to have happened is these terminals in four lottery sales companies in Texas used special software to run 24/7 to sell that many tickets.
If phone apps and computer purchases are not allowed under lottery law how could the lottery sell almost $26 million in tickets in only three days before the April 2023 drawing.The answer is couriers. Defenders of high-tech sales say the couriers are like DoorDash delivering tickets rather than food. They take the order, buy the product and deliver it.
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