Greg Abbott said he was directing the Texas Rangers to investigate the bulk purchasing of lottery tickets that likely enabled a buyer to gobble up, with help of courier companies, "nearly every possible number combination" to the Lotto Texas drawing in April 2023 for a $95 million jackpot to win the eye-popping prize.

The Texas Lottery Commission’s executive director said Monday he would move to ban couriers from buying lottery tickets after finding that state law bars the practice, an about-face from the agency’s yearslong claim it had no control over such third-party sales.

Courier services take orders online or through an app, purchase lottery tickets from a retailer and send a scanned copy to the buyer.