Texas Senate votes to criminalize mobile lottery applications

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Just four days after the Texas Lottery Commission changed its precedent by banning lottery couriers, the Texas Senate unanimously voted to criminalize them. If passed by the Texas House and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, acting as a courier for pay would be a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and/or a fine of up to $4,000."Thank you for your dedication to this issue, so we clean up fraud in the lottery," Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told the bill's author State Sen. Bob H