Editor’s Note: The above video is from KXAN’s previous coverage on May 14, 2026.
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A Travis County grand jury reindicted Gary Grief, the former executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission, and indicted the Texas Lottery Commission on Wednesday.
The indictment against Grief alleges he knowingly abused his position as the head of the Texas lottery related to a Lotto Texas drawing on April 22, 2023, which resulted in a single entity winning a $95 million jackpot. He is charged with a felony count of abuse of official capacity.
State lawmakers accused Grief of working with lottery courier services — which allow people to buy lottery tickets online without going into a store — to defraud lottery players in the April 2023 jackpot drawing…