1 1 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 2 BEFORE THE 3 TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION 4 AUSTIN, TEXAS 5 6 7 IN RE: ) ) 8 PROPOSED NEW RULE ) TO 16 TAC '401.322 ) 9 "TEXAS TRIPLE CHANCE" ) LOTTERY GAME RULE ) 10 11 12 13 PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING 14 Monday, January 27, 2014 15 16 17 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT at 10:01 a.m., on 18 Monday, the 27th day of January 2014, the above-entitled 19 matter came on for hearing at the Texas Lottery 20 Commission, 611 East Sixth Street, Commission 21 Auditorium, Austin, Texas, and the following proceedings 22 were reported via machine shorthand by Lou Ray, 23 Certified Shorthand Reporter. 24 25 2 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014 3 (10:01 a.m.) 4 MS. RIENSTRA: Good morning. The time is 5 10:01 a.m. on Monday, January 27, 2014. My name is 6 Deanne Rienstra. I am an Assistant General Counsel for 7 the Texas Lottery Commission. With me today is Robert 8 Tirloni, products and drawing manager for the Lottery 9 Operations Division of the Texas Lottery Commission. 10 The purpose of this hearing is to receive 11 public comment on the proposed new game rule 401.322, 12 "Texas Triple Chance." In addition to this public 13 comment hearing, the Commission is accepting written 14 comments by mail, email and facsimile. Written comments 15 should be submitted by February 3, 2014. This hearing 16 notice was published in the Texas Register on 17 January 17, 2014. 18 The purpose of the proposed new rule to 19 establish and share with the public details of the game 20 design, matrix, prize levels, structure and operation of 21 the proposed new lottery game. We have not received any 22 witness affirmation forms this morning. At that point, 23 we will take a five-minute break and then resume the 24 hearing. 25 (Recess: 10:03 a.m. to 10:10 a.m.) 3 1 MS. RIENSTRA: We're back on the record at 2 10 minutes after 10 a.m. And having received no witness 3 affirmation forms, we will close this public comment 4 hearing at 10:10. 5 (Proceedings concluded at 10:10 p.m.) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 STATE OF TEXAS ) 3 COUNTY OF TRAVIS ) 4 I, Lou Ray, Certified Shorthand Reporter 5 in and for the State of Texas, do hereby certify 6 that the above-mentioned matter occurred as 7 hereinbefore set out. 8 I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT the proceedings of 9 such were reported by me or under my supervision, 10 later reduced to typewritten form under my 11 supervision and control and that the foregoing pages 12 are a full, true, and correct transcription of the 13 original notes. 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my 15 hand and seal this 3rd day of February, 2014. 16 17 _______________________________ 18 LOU RAY Certified Shorthand Reporter 19 CSR No. 1791 - Expires 12/31/15 20 Firm Registration No. 276 Kennedy Reporting Service, Inc. 21 1016 La Posada Drive, Suite 294 Austin, Texas 78752 22 512.474.2233 23 24 Job No. 115345 25