The former boss of the Texas Lottery Commission has been re-indicted in an alleged $95 million gambling scheme.
The commission and its former director, Gary Grief, were accused of misusing state resources, Fox 7 reported Thursday.
A Travis County grand jury initially indicted Grief in April but the county’s district attorney’s office dismissed the case, according to KXAN. However, he has since been re-indicted on a first-degree felony charge of abuse of official capacity regarding the case.
Texas Scorecard’s Brandon Waltens cited court records when he reported Tuesday the initial indictment was dismissed “at the prosecutorial discretion” of an assistant district attorney:
The Fox article detailed the issue surrounding a 2023 Texas Lotto drawing that was part of a jackpot controversy:
State leaders said a group of professional gamblers, data-modeling strategists, and retail ticket sellers found a way to all but guarantee a win in the April 2023 Lotto Texas
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