GTECH makes political donation days after gambling contract awarded

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Rip Snorter — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:06:45 GMT

Seems to be inherent in gambling. Just goes with the territory. All you can do is cut the cards and live with it, or quit.Jack

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piket31 — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:40:48 GMT

now u know why u,r lotto games is fix

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MADDOG10 — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 01:27:32 GMT

just a coincedence, yea and the Cow jumped over the moon..!How did they come up with a figure of $481,267, what ? did they throw in a couple of dinners for two in there. Or maybe a trip to the islands along with that...

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Rip Snorter — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:49:50 GMT

It doesn't hurt him. He likes it. Lyndon Johnson, when he lifted his beagle hound up by the ears. The buck stops here. Harry Truman.Jack

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TheGameGrl — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:56:28 GMT

Ahh I love to hear about my home state making such headlines! Taking donations is NOT against any law that I see on the political books. Taking bribes to get a contract is! I doubt real highly that the donations *hurt* GTECh in getting the contract. But to assume that one hand washes the other is simply not in the scheme of PA politics. I mean afterall this is the same state that recently spent over 400k to send our PA Dept of ED people to California for an *offsite* conference!(that included g... [ More ]

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sagan — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:35:03 GMT

it reminds of the statements made by two of our presidentsi am not a crooki did not have sexual relations with monica

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Chewie — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:38:30 GMT

Reminds me of that classic line in Stalag 17 - I belive her

GTECH makes political donation days after gambling contract awarded

Lottery Post — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:18:06 GMT

Six days after winning a state contract, the company Pennsylvania chose to run its computer system for slot machines gave $50,000 to a national nonprofit that raises money for Democratic governors including Gov. Ed Rendell, the group's finance chair.GTECH, a Rhode Island lottery company, has given $481,267 to the Democratic Governors' Association since 2000, according to a political watchdog group. But the payment March 8 had nothing to do with the $6.3 million a year contract announced by the... [ More ]