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Article: Texas Lottery Commission Decides between Powerball, Mega Millions.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
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By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 1--AUSTIN, Texas-In back-to-back presentations to the Texas Lottery Commission on Monday, officials from Powerball touted their instantly recognizable brand name and the team from Mega Millions bragged about their record jackpots.
Then, with the swagger worthy of Texas, the chairman of the three-member state panel that will decide which multistate lottery is the best fit for Texas asked the one ...uestion neither side was fully prepared to answer: "I have a legitimate ...uestion in my mind," C. Thomas Clowe said.
"How about joining both of them?"
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