Scientific Games wrote parts of N.C. lottery law

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CASH Only — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:05:01 GMT

I wonder if that means NC won't be allowed to offer certain types of games. Supposedly the Match 6 format cannot be offered through GTech terminals.

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Chewie — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:21:37 GMT

Nothing new here. Advocates often have a hand in the way laws are written. I hope no one actually thinks an elected official knows anything about law! At the state level, there is seldom a staff to write laws, it is usually drafted by some group who has an interest in the end product. A long time ago, in a far away land - called Oklahoma - I was part of an advocate team that wrote a law. I even hand carried the master product between Senators offices for sign off, then brought it back to the au... [ More ]

Scientific Games wrote parts of N.C. lottery law

Lottery Post — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:57:00 GMT

A company that hopes to land the multimillion-dollar contract to run North Carolina's gambling operation used a link to House Speaker Jim Black to have the new lottery law written to its liking.Alan Middleton, vice president of Scientific Games, wrote to Black's office, saying he wanted to write a law that excluded other companies. Middleton had an inside connection to the speaker's office, according to hundreds of pages of e-mail messages, memos and other documents released by Black's office Th... [ More ]