#TEXASLOTTERY: The Texas Lottery Commission overlooked our state's only form of legal gambling for the past 32 years. but starting yesterday that agency was dissolved. Texas lotto and charitable bingo games will now fall under the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, but only as lawmakers mull over whether or not to get rid of the lottery completely. If you're asking why, then look no farther than Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's investigations into the Commission and couriers. | Paige Ellenberge