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Security report for texaslottery.com

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation · Government · United States

Medium risk. 4 critical or high findings in Security headers and GDPR outside view.

Security score

70/100

Risk levelMedium

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

The Texas Lottery website serves as the official online presence for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's lottery operations. It provides comprehensive information about various lottery games, including Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto Texas, and scratch tickets, targeting adult residents of Texas. The site supports responsible gambling initiatives and offers resources for players, retailers, and the media. The website is well-structured, mobile-optimized, and professionally designed, reflecting a mature digital presence for a government entity. Technically, the site employs modern web technologies such as jQuery and the Foundation CSS framework, with content management facilitated by OpenCMS. While the site demonstrates good accessibility and SEO practices, there is room for improvement in security headers and explicit cookie consent mechanisms. The absence of WHOIS data is notable and should be investigated to ensure domain registration transparency. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and sanitizes user inputs on forms, but lacks visible security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure programs. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the content. Overall, the site presents a moderate to strong security posture suitable for a government-operated lottery platform. Strategically, the Texas Lottery website is a trusted source for lottery information in Texas, with strong branding and official government backing. However, enhancing transparency in domain registration and security policies would further strengthen trust and compliance.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
53/ 100 · Medium
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…

  2. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

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  • Security score drift

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
90
Security headers
30
Email security
60
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
53
Average
70

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The Texas Lottery operates as a government-authorized lottery provider, holding a dominant market position within Texas. Its business model revolves around offering a variety of lottery games and scratch tickets, generating revenue that supports education and veterans in the state. The website targets adult players and retailers, providing tools and information to facilitate participation and compliance. The presence of social responsibility and player protection sections highlights a commitment to ethical gaming practices. Partnerships with charitable bingo organizations and integration with state government portals indicate a broad ecosystem engagement. The site’s content and structure suggest a large-scale operation with significant public visibility and regulatory oversight.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a baseline security posture with HTTPS enforcement and input sanitization on forms. However, the lack of security headers such as Content Security Policy (CSP), X-Frame-Options, and HSTS reduces its defense-in-depth capabilities. The absence of published security policies, incident response contacts, and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms indicates gaps in transparency and preparedness. No signs of malware, phishing, or exposed credentials were found. The site would benefit from implementing comprehensive security headers, publishing incident response and security policies, and establishing a vulnerability disclosure program to enhance its security maturity and compliance with best practices.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and enforce security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type-Options.
  2. Add a clear cookie consent banner and cookie policy to comply with privacy regulations and enhance user transparency.
  3. Publish a dedicated security policy and incident response contact information on the website.
  4. Establish a vulnerability disclosure program or security.txt file to encourage responsible reporting of security issues.
  5. Investigate and resolve the missing WHOIS data to improve domain registration transparency and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Description
Texas Lottery offers various lottery games including Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto Texas, Texas Two Step, All or Nothing, Cash Five, Pick 3, Daily 4, and Scratch Tickets. It supports education and veterans in Texas and provides information on winners, retailers, and responsible gambling.
Key services
Lottery games, Scratch tickets, Winner information, Retailer services, Responsible gambling programs, Player protection
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
jQuery, Foundation CSS framework, JavaScript
Frameworks
Foundation
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
75/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS usage (implied by https URL)
  • Input sanitization on search form

Analytics and tracking

Tracking level
minimal
Privacy practices
basic

Advertising

Transparency
poor

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
good
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Official Texas Lottery website with comprehensive lottery game information.
  2. No WHOIS data available, which is unusual and warrants further verification.
  3. No explicit privacy cookie consent mechanism detected.
  4. Good mobile and accessibility features.
  5. No security headers detected in provided data; potential area for improvement.
  6. No visible analytics or tracking scripts detected.
  7. Social media presence on official platforms.
  8. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerabilities detected in HTML content.
  9. No security or incident response contact information found.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using a modern front-end stack with jQuery and Foundation CSS framework, ensuring responsive design and good user experience across devices. The use of OpenCMS as the content management system indicates a structured approach to content delivery. Performance appears moderate with no evident blocking scripts or heavy resources. Accessibility features such as skip links and ARIA roles are implemented, enhancing usability for assistive technologies. SEO is supported by appropriate meta tags and structured navigation. However, the absence of analytics scripts suggests limited user behavior tracking, which may impact marketing insights. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but could be enhanced with improved security configurations and analytics integration.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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