Texas Lottery Commission v. Scientific Games International, Inc.

OPINION

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

In February 2002, the Executive Director of the Texas Lottery Commission publicly announced that she would begin to take into account a vendor’s anticipated economic impact on the state in awarding contracts worth over $100,000. Scientific Games International, Inc. (SGI) and Pollard Banknote Limited, two out-of-state companies that design and manufacture instant-ticket games for state lotteries, sought a declaratory judgment that the Commission lacks the authority to adopt this new policy. The trial court agreed with SGI and Pollard and granted summary judgment…