When it comes to electricity, we’re in danger of being cut off from the prosperity of the past, as well as the promise of a prosperous future. Texans are people who insist on making our own way, and we bristle when outsiders tell us what to do. Unfortunately, our lawmakers haven’t taken this approach to protecting our access to reliable energy.
Texans were told the lottery would fund education, but that was a lie. Examine the lottery’s predatory nature, and how the agency that administers the game has a bad habit of going rogue, exposing Texans to more pernicious forms of gambling.
Find out how an international gambling syndicate secured one of the largest jackpots in Texas history and how the lottery commission, the agency tasked with refereeing the lottery, helped.
How are lawmakers, the attorney general, and the governor potentially playing with fire by allowing online lottery ticket sales?
The lottery is engineered to give people hope, but the odds are hopelessly stacked in the state’s favor.
