AUSTIN, Texas — ( THE TEXAS TRIBUNE ) - The Texas Senate on Friday gave final approval on a proposal to abolish the Texas Lottery Commission and transfer the state’s game to another agency after a last-ditch effort to kill the game entirely failed.

The fate of the 32-year-old lottery commission had been in limbo, as a routine state review requiring legislation to extend the game's existence had come concurrently with some lawmakers’ calls to shut down the lottery entirely over allegations of wrongdoing.

An alternative was presented last week in an unusual late-session filing of Senate Bill 3070 : let the Texas Lottery Commission die, and transfer game operations, including charitable bingo operations, to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The bill is now likely the l

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