# Cheating on the Texas Lottery **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 20, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-on-the-texas-lottery/1017255 "2025-04-20T11:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-on-the-texas-lottery/1017255/81 "2025-04-22T09:32:25Z")
> **[Texas Lottery executive director resigns as lawmakers’ scrutiny mounts](https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/21/texas-lottery-commission-resignation-executive-director/)** > > The Texas Lottery Commission did not immediately clarify why Ryan Mindell chose to resign, as lawmakers have discussed abolishing the lottery outright. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-on-the-texas-lottery/1017255/82 "2025-04-22T10:56:42Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > This group did not in any way alter WHICH numbers came out, just spent an absurd amount of money buying tickets in hopes of turning a profit. Seems like a silly way to make money to me, but it’s their money At absolute worst estimates of taxes and costs incurred, they more than doubled their money virtually overnight. And that’s just on the jackpot, not counting the smaller prizes. There was indeed a risk of sharing the jackpot, but again it’s just _sharing_ the jackpot, plus the smaller prizes…it’s probably likely still profit making until there are 2 or even 3 other winners. Saying this is a silly venture is like saying it’s silly to play a roulette wheel with 45 black numbers and 5 red (and either colour pays 2x), because you could bet on black and still lose your stake. Or by “silly” do you mean dishonest / dishonourable? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-on-the-texas-lottery/1017255.md?page=4)