Georgia oversight committee looks into generous lottery perks
A legislative oversight committee began looking Thursday at the generous employment policies of the Georgia Lottery Corp., whose former director and three top aides collected almost $300,000 for vacation and sick days they were due but never used when they left the state to help start Tennessee's lottery.Rebecca Paul and three of her vice presidents took advantage of a policy which allows corporation employees to get paid for up to three years' worth of unused vacation time - 18 weeks - and for ...
May 7, 2004, 7:17 am - Lottery News forum
House approves strict rules for Colorado Lottery
Widespread gift-taking, conflicts led to measureLegislation designed to prdvent conflicts of interest at the Colorado Lottery passed a key hurdle Monday and will likely soon land on the governor's desk.The legislation was created in the wake of deep-seated problems at the Lottery, where officials routinely accepted dinners, golf games and other gifts from vendors doing business with the agency.A key portion of the bill would add the force of law to rules adopted by Lottery officials earlier this ...
Apr 27, 2004, 8:08 am - Lottery News forum
S.C. Senators welcome lottery windfall
State senators were excited Tuesday to learn the S.C. lottery is bringing in more money than expected and, therefore, more money for the state to spend.The Senate Finance Committee is planning to meet today to divvy up $341 million in lottery proceeds for next year a third more than this years take.Some senators, led by Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington, wanted to bend the rules and use as much money as possible to pay for K-12 education. But others, including finance panel chairman Hugh Leatherman, R- ...
Apr 21, 2004, 6:43 am - Lottery News forum
Connecticut House votes to give jackpot to winner who missed deadline
A Hamden, Connecticut man who missed a deadline to cash in his winning $5.8 million Connecticut Lotto ticket may get a second chance to hit the jackpot.The state House of Representatives voted 81-64 Thursday to give the money to Clarence Jackson, 31, who bought the winning ticket for the Oct. 13, 1995, drawing and missed the one-year deadline to redeem it by three days.But there's a catch.The issue was referred back to the legislature's Appropriations Committee, because there was no money set as ...
Apr 16, 2004, 9:30 am - Lottery News forum
Minnesota Senate wants lottery examined
After soundly rejecting a call to abolish the state lottery, Minnesota senators voted unanimously Monday night to study ways to change its management and business practices.The bill comes on the heels of a legislative audit that was critical of promotions and vending contracts by the lottery. During that review, the lottery's director, George Andersen, committed suicide.The bill sets up a task force that will report to the 2005 Legislature on whether the lottery should be run by a state agency, ...
Apr 13, 2004, 5:12 am - Lottery News forum
Nebraska Senators to allocate lottery winnings
Somewhere, someone who bought a lottery ticket in Papillion, NE in January is sitting on $100,000 The prize money - for a ticket matching all but one number in the Jan. 21 Powerball drawing - has yet to be claimed. And the late July deadline to cash in is nearing.Every year, more than $2 million in winning lottery tickets are unclaimed, said Tom Harre, financial consultant to the Nebraska Lottery Division.After 180 days, the money reverts to the lottery division - an inadvertent gift from the o ...
Mar 23, 2004, 4:49 am - Lottery News forum
Tennessee Lottery committee recommends aganst gambling warnings
Measure not dead yet, legislative sponsors sayEfforts to strengthen the message to lottery players about the dangers of problem gambling failed to get a favorable recommendation yesterday from the Tennessee legislature's Lottery Oversight Committee.One of the measures would replace the message on lottery machines and paraphernalia from Play Responsibly to WARNING: GAMBLING, INCLUDING PLAYING THE LOTTERY, CAN BE ADDICTIVE. State Rep. Glen Casada, R-College Grove, the bill's sponsor, noted that ...
Mar 23, 2004, 4:28 am - Lottery News forum
Colorado lottery bill would tighten ethics rules
One of the Colorado state Senate's most powerful members unveiled legislation designed to prdvent conflicts of interest at the Colorado Lottery.The legislation was created in concert with an ethics overhaul already underway at the Lottery and as the Arapahoe County district attorney is deciding whether to file criminal charges based on a recently concluded probe of the Lottery by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.The legislation, in part, would bar Lottery officials from taking jobs with agen ...
Mar 23, 2004, 4:24 am - Lottery News forum
Governor Proposes Powerball for Maine
Saturdays Megabucks jackpot was $1.6 million. Soon jackpots will dwarf that if Maine joins the 24-state Powerball lottery game as proposed by Gov. John Baldacci.Stephanie Brown, assistant manager at Victor News on Park Street, cant wait. The jackpot for Wednesdays Powerball drawing is $79 million.We have many, many, many people who drive all the way to New Hampshire to buy Powerball tickets, Brown said. Youll hear some say, Do you want me to get you tickets? That bothers her. Were losing suppor ...
Mar 8, 2004, 4:56 am - Lottery News forum
No lottery for Wyoming
A proposal that would allow Wyoming residents to play Powerball without going out of state officially died Monday, but its sponsor is not giving up. The bill will be back next year if I am elected, Rep. Dave Edwards, R-Douglas, said.House Bill 20, which had seven Republican and four Democratic co-sponsors, was killed by Sen. Delaine Roberts, R-Etna, chairman of the Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee. Roberts did not schedule HB20 for debate before Monday's noon ...
Mar 2, 2004, 6:00 am - Lottery News forum
