Texans for Lawsuit Reform effectively operated in the shadows for years… until they didn’t. In this episode, we’ll track TLR in the shadows, talk to insiders who have been working to overcome the backroom influence of the organization for decades, and shine a spotlight on the very public fight TLR picked with Texas GOP voters by trying to take out Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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.
