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The Fight Over Texas Gambling Isn’t Waiting for the Legislature. It Runs Through the Attorney General’s Race on the November Ballot.

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Texas Attorney General Race Will Shape Gambling | Middleton

AUSTIN – Almost every conversation about gambling in Texas circles back to the Legislature and the next opening for lawmakers to approve casinos or sports betting when the session resumes in 2027. Yet the official with the most day-to-day sway over gambling before then will be chosen this fall, and the Texas attorney general race … Read more

Texas Court Ruling on Eight-Liners Triggers Game Room Raids Across the State

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Texas Eight-Liner Ruling Triggers Game Room Raids | News

A March 17, 2026 Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals ruling has triggered a statewide crackdown on eight-liner game rooms, including police raids in Galveston and Bexar counties and the arrest of a sitting Hitchcock mayor. Small Texas cities are scrambling to ban the machines outright before losing the permit-fee revenue some have come to depend on.