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Mainely Matters episodes

  • Lottery.con Episode 34. Texas State Affairs Meeting Lotto Texas Crime 9-14-26
    Explosive episode contains actual testimony from the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee meeting held on 9/14/26. Listen to Texas Senators call the Lotto Texas April 2023 jackpot theft a crime organized on the international level. Details are gone over, and a wider national lottery fraud may be taking place. Where is law enforcement in Texas on this? Will the Texas AG office take action?
    55 min
  • Lottery.con Episode 33. Gary Grief in Court, Invalid Tickets, Time To Claw Back Winnings?

    Gary Grief, former Texas Lottery Commission Director, has been indicted for his role in the April 2023 Lotto Texas jackpot theft of $95 million. Documents have surfaced proving the State of Texas has declared all the tickets printed in the scheme - 33 million - where invalid. Will Texas be asking for the money back? The money that was awarded to the criminals? Will Texas officials hold the individuals and organizations that conspired to commit this massive crime responsible?

    26 min
  • Attorney Lou Annechino with Host Rob Carmichael
    This week I sat down with Lou Annechino, a Connecticut attorney with decades of experience practicing law. We talked about his journey into law — including the real challenges of getting through law school — how the profession has changed over the years, and the lessons he’s picked up along the way — inside the courtroom and out.
    1 hr 4 min
  • Lottery.con Episode 32 - Has Gary Grief's Lotto Texas related criminal Indictment Vanished?

    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.

    20 min
  • Lottery.con Episode 30 - Texas Lottery Act Violated, All Lotto Texas Tickets Invalid April 2023
    Recent "Show Cause" letters issued by the State of Texas declare all of the 26 million lottery tickets printed using an illegal QR code system in the April 22, 2023 $95 million Lotto Texas lottery drawing were invalid. As such, the tickets were worthless on their face. Millions in commissions were paid to the very entities that worked together to print the tickets, tens of millions in prize money was sent to Switzerland for "winning" tickets that were invalid, and the State of Texas took in $33 million in funds on tickets that were invalid and never could legally be paid for. Will Texas step up take action to reclaim the improper payments, and to make victims whole?
    26 min

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