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• Texas to get Powerball Lottery in 2010?

  Tuesday Nov 17 | via Austin American Statesman 

  The Texas Lottery Commission today voted unanimously to publish rules for the Powerball game, taking a large step in expanding the state's gambling options, the Houston Chronicle reported .

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• Victim of stolen Texas lottery ticket says he knows ...

  Wednesday Nov 4 | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram 

  Willis Willis has an idea how he can get his money back from the store clerk who authorities say stole his $1 million winning lottery ticket.

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• Lottery lesson: Buyer beware

  Tuesday Nov 3 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  Willis Willis deserves a lot of sympathy. He deserves to have the system of justice operate on his behalf.

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• Attorney: Texas lottery considers clerk accused of s...

  Tuesday Nov 3 | via WHNT-TV Huntsville 

  An attorney for a man who lost out on a $1 million jackpot says the Texas Lottery Commission still considers the store clerk who allegedly stole the ticket to be the winner.

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• Cheated winner told Texas Lottery won't pay jackpot ...

  Tuesday Nov 3 | via Toronto Sun 

  Attorneys for a 67-year-old man say the Texas Lottery has told him they consider a store clerk the rightful winner of a $1 million jackpot.

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• Who's The Big Lotto Texas Winner?

  Monday Nov 2 | via KTXA-TV Fort Worth 

  Share + Nov 2, 2009 4:57 pm US/Central By Sana Syed BURLESON An $11 million winning Lotto Texas ticket from a drawing in May was never claimed by the winner.A And at 5 p.m. Monday, the ticketA expired.

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• Cheated winner wants Texas Lottery to pay

  Wednesday Oct 28 | via Valley Morning Star 

  A maintenance worker who says he is the rightful winner of a Texas Lottery jackpot wants the agency to pay him.

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• Cheated winner wants Texas lottery to pay him $1M

  Wednesday Oct 28 | via The Brownsville Herald 

  A 67-year-old unemployed man who lost out on a $1 million jackpot when a store clerk allegedly cashed in his winning lottery ticket and skipped town said Wednesday that he will sue the Texas Lottery Commission for the payout unless he gets his money.

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• Lottery ticket theft victim appeals for his prize

  Wednesday Oct 28 | via WFAA 

  Five months after he won a $1 million lottery jackpot, Willis Willis, 67, of Grand Prairie, hasn't seen a dime.

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• State Editorial Rdp

  Monday Oct 26 | via El Paso Times 

  A sampling of editorial opinion around Texas: Oct. 22 The Austin American-Statesman on recent Texas Lottery jackpot heist: This is every lottery player's worst nightmare.

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