Texas Lottery executive had no hint before firing

Comment #16

CASH Only — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:35:45 GMT

Didn't TX have Humble Oil

Comment #15

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 05:34:34 GMT

its good to be humble...

Comment #14

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:22:37 GMT

......,i bet you already know what i'm gonna say to that

Comment #13

CASH Only — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:08:52 GMT

Comment #12

Rip Snorter — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:49:35 GMT

Humble of you to say so, CO.J

Comment #11

CASH Only — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:39:15 GMT

Nobody's perfect.

Comment #10

Rip Snorter — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 02:13:44 GMT

He said later that he made a mistake by over-relying on staff recommendations and he promised to rectify the problem by ensuring better oversight and basing estimates on more conservative figures.He fired the only staff member who was pointing out the problem..... wonder what the remaining staff could have had in their heads to make them try to sing from the recommended songbook.Jack

Comment #9

LOTTOMIKE — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 01:41:09 GMT

it would rub them the wrong way(ny lottery) and they would probably ignore CO in the future

Comment #8

Rip Snorter — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:32:46 GMT

You have some strange ideas, CO, unlike my humble self (strictly conventional, a fencewalker on almost everything).Corruption involves moral turpitude.. annuities don't (necessarily). Ethics are a more complicated issue, but it takes a major stretch to wrap an issue of annuities up into a breakfast taco carrying the label 'unethical'.You don't like annuities. You don't like the lousy payoffs of NY lottery. That's legit. But that doesn't equate to corruption, doesn't have any bearing on ethi... [ More ]

Comment #7

CASH Only — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:21:42 GMT

NY is doing the WRONG thing by making certain scratch games annuity-only. Let's say it's unethical .

Comment #6

Rip Snorter — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 12:42:56 GMT

And he certainly isn't looking to sue. Still surprised over his firing, he said he only hoped to get his reputation back and find another job.I'd say the guy knows if he sues nobody's going to touch him with a fork when he's looking for the next job.top agency officials acknowledged that Deviney was fired without having received any written notice of substandard performance.If this is true, the guy has grounds for a lawsuit and will probably win it when the time comes. Hiring and firing policie... [ More ]

Comment #5

Todd — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 11:56:30 GMT

I think corrupt is the wrong word. Corrupt indicates that they are intentionally seeking to undermine the public trust, but I think in the case of their annuity scratch games, they believe they're doing the right thing.Personally, I think you'd make more headway with a more reasoned approach. Calling them corrupt will not make the NY Lottery stand up and take notice -- it will probably make them feel dismissive of you.Your choice.

Comment #4

MADDOG10 — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 02:56:50 GMT

sounds like another mi-lai massacre to me. what they should do is fire the whole lot of them, and start with someone who has integrity....

Comment #3

CASH Only — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:53:46 GMT

NY is corrupt because of its annuity-only scratch games. Maybe the lottery is not at fault for its terrible Lotto payouts.

Comment #2

Todd — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:40:37 GMT

I don't think NY Lottery is corrupt, I think they run a good operation.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:32:51 GMT

The TX lottery has problems, but is not as corrupt as Mass or NY.

Texas Lottery executive had no hint before firing

Lottery Post — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:30:01 GMT

Weighing his words carefully when asked if he was the fall guy in the growing scandal over inflated Texas Lotto jackpots, Lee Deviney said only that his dismissal last month from the Texas Lottery Commission came with no prior warning. In any job you have good days and bad, but the majority of time I felt (my bosses) were happy with me, Deviney said by telephone Thursday while vacationing with his family in Colorado.Happy enough, he said, that he was awarded a 4 percent raise last October and a... [ More ]