"No taxpayer dollars would be used for this project," said Al Lundeen, lottery spokesman. "It would come out of the administrative costs of the lottery."

But some Sacramento residents said they were surprised to hear the lottery might spend money to rebuild when education and social programs are being slashed."

Lame idea period in a downturn economy.       .... And of course they'll have to decrease payouts up matrices to stiff players to pay for it. 

If administrative cost of the lottery are bringing in that much money why were they talking about privatizing it?

so basically lottery officials are doing what crooked bank tellers have been doing for years, putting a penny aside for every transaction!?! of course this money is from all the poor blokes who didn't claim on time! this is yours and my money!! what's wrong with the current building? this stinks and govna shwartseenager better investigate!

You’re dealing with subsidized bureaucrats and politicians, who have guaranteed salaries, no matter what happens.  Where’s the problem? 

Building a condo with 45 floors comes out to be 8-10 million dollars and for the extra finishes add 3 to 4 million to that...No building cost 60 million dollars..What are they building the pentagon...They got something up their sleeves...

You're not considering the cost of 40" HD televisions and all the Oak furntiure required to provide a proper working environment.  Then, when you add the requirements of the environmental wakos, the price will double before it is finished.  This is Calfiornia were talking about.  I have yet to see anything related to the government come in on budget.  Thats the down side of free money, and the Lottery officials are receiving free money.  People stand in line to make sure all those people in that building receive annual bonuses. what a "job"!

60 million dollar to construct a building is OUTRAGEOUS...WORSE THAN THE PRICE OF OIL...

60 million is chump change to american builders

60 Billion is chump change when it doesn't come out of your pocket.  Thus the creation of Big Government and its self-created sanctioned sub-governments.  The Lottery Officials are appointed by the government, and they hire siblings at ridiculous salary's to manage something the government wants to say it doesn't own; until it is to their advantage to own. Then disown it again when it is opportunistic to not own.  The price of the building doesn't come fram taxpayers, because it is the Lottery.  The "Lottery" says it needs money to operate and pay its adminsitrators, so he government says keep that and give me the rest. The Lottery passes on the rest to the Government.  The Government then adds that money to the tax coffers.  Conveniently, it is not tax dollars, it is just tax dollars not applied to the tax coffers.  Wonderful how lawyers can make magic happen.  Now you see it, now you don't. In this case, the tax payer never saw it, it was cream off the top, and no one pays attention to the cream. When you are only interested in what you can get from the lottery, what the lottery can get from you is lost behind the shiney lure and flashing dollars signs along the roadway. When you see the billboards along the highway, always remember YOU paid for those advertisements!

THEY ARE KILLING ME WITH THIS! 

This is the LAST thing we need.

>>>>>>>>yea Konane >>>>>>>>

EVEN a PSYKO would AGREE to this plan if they would >>>>>>>>AGREE

to PANT'g this TEMPLE >>>> "GREEN"

BUT,<<<, will they AGREE to givin'g US a BETTER prize/ratio PAYOUT??

LOL, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bigger & better payout to ALL!!

PSYKOMO

About 10 years back, the lottery cut 200 jobs and invested the savings in prize payouts. Sales went up about by hundredds of millions and education $$$ per year did by a bunch. CSL was still a very poor performer - but it was the right thing to do.

(Ever wonder why they didn't have to shut the doors after they got rid of 200 positions?)

$60 million is a lot of $$$ - but I assume they plan on paying that off over time - basically a mortgage. So not a big hit to the annual budget each year.

STILL - THIS IS THE DUMBEST IDEA I'VE HEARD IN A LONG, LONG TIME!

Talk about having a "tin ear" when it comes to public perception. IMO they need to privatize this thing and they also need to completely rebrand it.

I have to agree 100% on this statement > THIS IS THE DUMBEST IDEA I'VE HEARD IN A LONG, LONG TIME!