Dawn Nettles of Garland, right, who runs the LottoReport.com website, investigated Texas Lottery Director Gary Grief's travel habits through open records requests.(Courtesy of NBC5) I don’t play ...

Sternberg also alleges Grief helped another Lottery.com co-founder, Ryan Dickinson, to print “hundreds of thousands of illegal lottery tickets in Texas using these fraudulently issued Texas ...

“Gary Grief served the Texas Lottery Commission as Executive Director for approximately 15 years. He is proud of what he and his dedicated staff accomplished during those years.

“The Texas Lottery Commission, under the leadership of Gary Grief, facilitated a longrunning fraud scheme in collaboration with Lottery.com and its executives,” according to the lawsuit.

The lottery's executive director at the time, Gary Grief, resigned in February 2024 before the bulk purchase had mushroomed into a scandal. His successor, Ryan Mindell, resigned in April 2025 ...

The Lotto Texas jackpot continues to soar as the Texas Lottery Commission is facing a devastating state audit that revealed missteps under Gary Grief's longtime leadership. Tim Boyle/Getty Images ...

Mindell took over as executive director of the commission after Gary Grief, his predecessor and the agency’s longest-serving executive director, resigned in 2024.

The former executive director, Gary Grief, who resigned last year during a regular state performance audit of lottery operations, claimed he had no authority to police couriers or other suspicious ...