By Brannon Howse
March 30, 2025

If you think the government is always playing it straight with you, think again. I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Texas State Senator Bob Hall—a veteran, an expert on EMP and the grid, and a man who’s not afraid to dig into the muck of corruption. What he uncovered in the Texas lottery system is nothing short of a blockbuster scandal, a story so wild it could be the plot of a Hollywood crime thriller. But this isn’t fiction—it’s happening right now, in the Lone Star State, and it’s likely happening in your state too.

Here’s the scoop. Back in April 2023, a $95 million jackpot—the biggest in Texas lottery history—was won. Sounds like a feel-good story, right? Wrong. The winning ticket came from a nondescript building in Colleyville, near Collin County, with a sign outside that read “Hooked on Montana.” Turns out, this place wasn’t a bustling convenience store—it was a front for fly fishing trips. Yet somehow, it processed $11 million worth of lottery tickets in just three and a half days. You don’t need to be a math whiz to know that’s impossible with paper slips and a single machine. Something stinks.

Senator Hall started digging, and what he found is jaw-dropping. The Texas Lottery Commission has been breaking its own laws—laws set up to prevent addiction, protect minors, and ensure tickets are bought in person with cash or debit, no phones or credit cards allowed. But over the years, starting around 2015, they quietly changed the rules. They introduced “couriers”—services like Jackpot, owned by DraftKings—that let people buy tickets through an app. These couriers then go into stores, supposedly on your behalf, and buy the tickets. Sounds convenient, right? Except it’s a loophole big enough to drive a cartel money-laundering truck through.

In that $95 million win, four locations—including the Colleyville front—were set up with dozens of lottery machines, delivered by IGT, the commission’s contractor. An algorithm from a company called Spinola in Malta generated 12.8 million combinations, ensuring they’d hit the jackpot. One location didn’t even have a valid retail license or a bank account—until the comptroller swept for funds and they wired the money in after the fact. No one batted an eye. Meanwhile, evidence from a whistleblower’s phone—complete with texts, photos, and a video of underage kids running lottery machines—shows this was coordinated from the inside. The Lottery Commission didn’t just know about it; they made it happen.

And it gets worse. An employee of one of these courier outfits won the lottery 142 times—including back-to-back $50,000 pots. A million-dollar ticket was sent to China, breaking U.S. and Chinese laws, and sat in a desk drawer for months. Another $700,000 went to the Netherlands. Tickets are being sold in the Dominican Republic and Europe. Senator Hall suspects money laundering—cartels, sex trafficking, you name it. “Anybody with ill-gained money they can’t own up to,” he told me. Wash $11 million in dirty cash through the lottery, walk away with $3 million clean. It’s genius, it’s evil, and it’s happening under our noses.

I asked the senator if this could tie back to the deep state—rumors have swirled for years that the CIA uses lotteries to fund black ops. He hasn’t seen evidence of that yet, but he didn’t rule it out. “It had to have been set up from the inside,” he said, pointing to orders from the Lottery Commission to IGT. And when Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick visited a “Winner’s Corner” location near the Capitol—another courier front tied to DraftKings that sold an $83 million ticket—the manager clammed up and pointed him to a lawyer. The public’s losing confidence, and they should be.

Here’s the kicker: the Lottery Commission admitted they broke the law. Hours before a recent Senate hearing, they issued a press release announcing 13 rule changes to “comply” with the original statute—after years of denying they could stop the couriers. Senator Hall’s been fighting this since 2023, passing a Senate bill to end the practice that died in the House, and attaching a budget rider they ignored. Now, the Texas Rangers are investigating, but will it go far enough? In Travis County, where locks on jail doors seem optional, don’t hold your breath.

Folks, this isn’t just a Texas problem. If it’s this easy here, why wouldn’t it be happening in your state? The lottery brings in $1.9 billion a year in Texas but funds just three days of public education. It’s a sham sold to us as a boon for kids, preying on people who can’t afford to gamble. And now it’s a playground for organized crime. Senator Hall’s treading dangerous territory—cartels don’t play nice—and he knows it. “I’m not suicidal,” he quipped, “and I’m not good enough to shoot myself in the head twice.”

What can you do? Go to SenatorBobHall.com to follow his work. Check out the committee hearing video I’m posting tonight at WorldViewReport.com—it’s a deep dive into this mess. And ask yourself: is your state’s lottery clean? I’d bet good money it’s not. We’re our own worst enemy, folks—greed, apathy, and passivity are rotting us from within. Support our sponsors at WorldViewTube.com/sponsors to keep this reporting alive, and join me Sunday at 8 p.m. Central as we continue through Revelation 14. Until then, keep your eyes open, and may God save America.

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