In 2023, a scheme involving professional European bettors targeted the Texas lottery, culminating in the rigging of a major draw. Despite statewide investigations and legislative hearings exposing the manipulation, including a complicity of state regulators, the perpetrators, who netted millions, remain unaffected. The findings highlight the alarming reality of corruption within a government that is generally known for its opposition to regulation. With growing outrage and accountability questioned, the incident has intensified fears across Texas and America that many systems are fundamentally compromised.
The successful manipulation of a Texas lottery has taken on deep meaning, reflecting a pervasive sense in Texas, and in America, that just about everything is rigged.
In a state known for its aversion to government regulation, what we had was a criminal enterprise within our government, said State Senator Bob Hall.
The Texas Senate has held hearings, and investigations have been ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, yet the perpetrators remain unscathed.
Unsavory details of the incident include storefronts posing as retailers, texts between ticket printers, and a former drug smuggler involved in the jackpot.
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