>It isn't against the law to buy every single number combination, the prize just has to exceed the cost of buying every combination. I can't see how this would be illegal. All you would need are locations to print out all those tickets. The Texas Lottery has rules for purchasing tickets which includes the requirement for "in-person" purchase. The nature of these scams is that they are ignoring this requirement therefore they are doing it illegally. >For years, the commission had welcomed couriers as an efficient way to boost revenue, even though state law had been crafted to require in-person purchases. A state audit observed that Mr. Grief “seemed quite comfortable operating in the gray areas.” Gary Grief, the commission’s executive director at the time, conspired with the purchasing group to be flexible on this requirement. Other requirements were also violated. >The video offered evidence, Mr. Brier said, of what appeared to be cellphones positioned near each terminal. Texas law prohibits the connecting of devices to lottery terminals, even wirelessly, without the lottery commission’s permission. And if it were all legit, this wouldn't have happened... >The new director of the lottery commission, Ryan Mindell, testified at the hearing that the same people who rigged the April 2023 draw had tried to do it again in December. >This time, he said, they were stopped by the commission.