AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A Houston woman who won an $83.5 million jackpot playing the Lotto Texas game in February will be in a Travis County court Tuesday to ask a judge to protect her winnings from being spent. This comes as the Texas Lottery Commission is on the cusp of being eliminated by the state government.
Earlier this month a judge issued a temporary restraining order to prevent the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) from spending any of the jackpot money on internal costs or paying that money out to other lottery winners.
Tuesday’s evidentiary hearing will determine whether that order should be extended until a trial can take place…