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Texas Lottery Commissioner Steps Down

AUSTIN, Texas -- 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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