Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS GREG ABBOTT June 13,2012 The Honorable Jane Nelson Opinion No. GA-0950 Chair, Committee on Health and Human Services Re: Authority of the Texas Lottery Commission Texas State Senate to conduct second-chance drawings and other Post Office Box 12068 games via the Internet (RQ-1037-GA) Austin, Texas 78711-2068 Dear Senator Nelson: You pose two questions about the authority of the Texas Lottery Commission (the "Commission,,).l First, you specifically ask whether the Commission has "authority to conduct second chance drawings2 for losing tickets via the [I]nternet."…