Texas Lottery officials are withholding a recent winner’s $83.5 million jackpot following a new ban on online third-party vendors that launched after she purchased her winning ticket through one.
A woman, whose identity has not been shared, reportedly purchased the winning ticket in Austin on Feb. 17 through the digital courier service Jackpocket , according to local station KXAN . A courier is a service that purchases lottery tickets on a customer’s behalf online while charging a service fee.
Last month, Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick posted a video on X where he said the massive jackpot win raised questions on the integrity of the state lottery and visited Winner’s Corner, an Austin game store where it was sold. In the video, he pointed out that the Winner’s Corner is owned by sports betting company Draft Kings, which also owns Jackpocket,…