Rob Carmichael joins Mainely Matters. "He built a company for 11 years... then sold it to private equity. Now he owns counseling practices, works in pharma, and coaches kids on resilience. Oh — and he's my son. This episode, we go inside the deal.

On August 14, 2026, former Texas Lottery Commission Director was scheduled to be in court after being indicted on a felony charge related to the $95 million rigged Lotto Texas drawing on April 22, 2023. Grief's court appearance disappeared from the docket and sources in Texas claim his entire indictment, handed down by a Texas Grand Jury, has been erased from the records. This episode covers these recent events related to the Lotto Texas April 2023 lottery crime. Note, after this episode was recorded but before it published the Gary Grief indictment documents and case file appeared again in the court files. they vanished for several days without explanation before returning.

On Saturday, April 22, 2023, just hours before the fraudulent Lotto Texas jackpot drawing, the jackpot estimate of $96 million was overstated by $1.8 million by Texas Lottery Officials. The final signature on the jackpot estimate form was then Lottery Director Gary Grief, who has since been indicted for the April 2023 Lotto Texas scheme. The inflated jackpot form resulted in the lottery scam organizers getting paid an extra $1.8 million, with those funds being diverted from the Texas Lottery School Fund.