Texas Lottery Whistleblower Fired

Comment #8

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:41:14 GMT

you might be right.....who knows

Comment #7

CASH Only — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:05:55 GMT

I still think the MA and NY lotteries are just as corrupt (if not more).

Comment #6

lilliemae — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:03:03 GMT

This is just another example of how the Lottery does business. You have to go along to get along at the Lottery. They tell their employees at every available opportunity that they are At Will employees. In other words, if you do or say something that doesn't jive with the good ole' boy line of thinking, your at will butt is gone. Of course, your records will say terminated for cause , and something will be automagically put in your files. It's just scandalous, and I hope the media rape... [ More ]

Comment #5

Todd — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:35:32 GMT

Jack, can you hear me laughing from there

Comment #4

Rip Snorter — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:34:12 GMT

That comes as a shock.Jack

Comment #3

CASH Only — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:22:24 GMT

I've been fired myself.

Comment #2

Rip Snorter — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:17:59 GMT

Mike Fernandez, the commission's administrator, called horrendous the timing of the dismissal of Lee Deviney, the agency's chief financial officer.But he denied there was any connection between Deviney's firing and an e-mail Deviney sent his superiors less than two weeks earlier in which he warned of a shortfall and suggested the agency reconsider the procedures it uses to calculate jackpot amounts.No way of knowing why he was fired. The public probably can't expect Mike Fernandez to say, Way... [ More ]

Comment #1

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:50:25 GMT

they denied there was any connection.....thats absurd.its the reason he was fired.....

Texas Lottery Whistleblower Fired

Lottery Post — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:54:00 GMT

The scandal embroiling the Texas Lottery Commission over inflated jackpot estimates intensified Wednesday when top agency officials acknowledged firing a colleague who only days earlier warned ticket sales would fall short of advertised amounts.Mike Fernandez, the commission's administrator, called horrendous the timing of the dismissal of Lee Deviney, the agency's chief financial officer.But he denied there was any connection between Deviney's firing and an e-mail Deviney sent his superiors l... [ More ]