Texas
Lottery Commissioner Steps Down
Texas Lottery Commissioner
Rolando Olvera has stepped down from his post
to become a state district judge in the Rio
Grande Valley, the agency announced Wednesday.
Gov. Rick Perry last week named Olvera
judge of the 138th judicial district court serving
Cameron and Willacy counties. The governor will
appoint his replacement to the three-person
lottery commission.
Olvera "served with distinction and we
appreciate his service," said commission
Chairman C. Thomas Clowe.
The lottery commission is still searching for
an executive director to replace Reagan Greer,
who resigned in July after admitting he had
signed off on advertising inflated Lotto Texas
jackpots.
Eight finalists for the job will be interviewed
by a search committee next month. Among the
finalists is Dawn Nettles, a longtime critic
of the commission whose complaint over jackpot
inflation led to Greer's resignation.
The other finalists include an assistant attorney
general from Louisiana who heads her agency's
responsible gaming program; the president of
a lottery consulting company who also worked
for lotteries in Kansas and Colorado; and the
executive director of the Texas Workers' Compensation
Commission, which the Legislature abolished
during this spring's session.
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