The state of Texas is withholding $83 million from a lottery winner. It risks eroding public trust in the lottery itself.

The winning ticket was purchased via a third party courier company, a practice that has become highly controversial in Texas.

Then imagine being told that you may not get any of that jackpot at all due to the way you purchased the ticket, which was ...

A Texas lottery winner's $83.5 million jackpot is under investigation due to the use of a courier service, sparking legal scrutiny and potential regulation chan ...

A woman who hit a Lotto Texas jackpot in January said she isn't able to claim her multi-million-dollar winning prize. Instead ...

The Lotto Texas ticket that won an $83.5 million jackpot was purchased via a courier in February at Winner's Corner in Austin. Credit: Leila Saidane for The Texas Tribune ...

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A Texas woman who hit an $83.5 million jackpot back in February ... to be withheld just because of the larger controversy surrounding lottery courier services. The ReadWrite Editorial policy ...

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