1.   An attorney representing the group later informed the Texas Lottery Commission that the winners were drawing up a legal agreement, commission spokesman Keith Elkins said.

2.   A commission spokesman also declined to discuss the meeting, but sources knowledgeable about the commission review confirmed the meeting.

3.   A commission spokesman said that as a matter of policy it did not confirm or deny the existence of an investigation.

4.   A commission spokesman said that he could not say whether an investigation was going on.

5.   A commission spokesman declined to comment, citing agency policy.

6.   A commission spokesman, Anthony Gooch, said there was no sign the Bush administration would consider doing either.

7.   A commission spokesman said it wants to determine what the Japanese lines intend to do about the fine.

8.   A commission spokesman, Chris Ullman, declined to comment.

9.   A commission spokesman, John Scardino, said the debate qualification standards were fair and entirely legal.

10.   A fight also has erupted over the status of commission spokesman Jon Poston, who is protected by state personnel rules.