Texas lottery commissioner resigns amid allegations against agency

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Clark E. Smith resigned from his position on the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) as the agency faces a sunset review and growing pressure from state lawmakers to ban lottery couriers from doing business in the Lone Star State.A spokesperson for the TLC confirmed Smith resigned on Feb. 21. The spokesperson did not provide any other information as to why the commissioner resigned from his position. We tried reaching Smith at his Vela Wood law firm email, of which he is a partner