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Dawn Nettles, 74, spent years of her life dedicated to exposing the "unfair" way that the Texas Lottery treated its players. She was the one who first started to track the sale of lotto tickets ...
Dawn Nettles discovered the scam used by a London banker and his gambler sidekick who scooped a $57 million jackpot.
The mastermind behind the lottery stunt turned out to be former London banker-turned bookmaker Bernard Marantelli, aided by ...
Rook TX worked with four retailers in Texas to order a significant amount of lottery terminals to achieve every possible number combination, Ryan Mindell, the executive director of the Texas Lottery ...
Rook TX worked with four retailers in Texas to order a significant amount of lottery terminals to achieve every possible number combination, Ryan Mindell, the executive director of the Texas Lottery ...
The lottery's executive director at the time, Gary Grief, resigned in February 2024 before the bulk purchase had mushroomed into a scandal. His successor, Ryan Mindell, resigned in April 2025 ...
A noticeably thinner Ryan Seacrest took to Instagram to post a photo dump documenting his life "lately." His "frail," "gaunt" appearance has worried his fans.
Bettencourt asked lottery director Ryan Mindell at a public budget hearing if criminals were using the Texas lottery to launder dirty money. Mindell refused to answer.
In February, former Texas Lottery Executive Director Ryan Mindell pushed to ban the use of all courier services after Abbott launched state investigations into the $83.5 million win.
The embattled Texas lottery has a new governing structure, but fans of the scratch-off and numbers-drawing games can still rest easy. Here's why.
The agency’s executive director, Ryan Mindell, resigned in mid-April, a departure that was bookended by resignations from two of the five commissioners in February and May. The end of the lottery ...
Jim Ryan, the University of Virginia’s ninth president who has served in that capacity since 2018, has resigned. Ryan shared the news in a Friday letter to the University community. “I am writing, ...