Illegal deals of Minn. Lottery revealed in court documents

Comment #6

jim695 — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:23:25 GMT

From the article:After Andersen's suicide, Legislative Auditor James Noble said that while he found much to question and criticize about lottery finances, he found no criminal wrongdoing.In the warrants, drafted in June 2004, investigators wrote there was probable cause to believe that the three engaged in a conspiracy to wrongfully and illegally obtain Minnesota State Lottery funds and resources for Media Rare.

Comment #5

johnph77 — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:44:36 GMT

Counterpoint -Nothing in the allegations and charges have anything to do with conduct of the the drawings, whether balls or RNGs. They only referred to how the revenues from the lottery were expended. Having a ball drawing instead of RNGs wouldn't have altered this a bit.glj

Comment #4

bellyache — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:55:28 GMT

They could be doubledown. Minnesesota seems to have a ton of corupt lottery officials.

Comment #3

DoubleDown — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:47:49 GMT

One more suicide and they will save the taxpayers some court costs..... I agree about the computer drawings. Wonder if they were rigged ? Hmmmmm

Comment #2

Todd — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 15:06:40 GMT

Great point John

Comment #1

Atomic Dog — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:57:49 GMT

Two suicides of former lottery directors and a bunch of other Shady occurrences make the Minnesota State Lottery incredibly corrupt! If they want to save face, they should switch all of their drawings back to BALL DRAWINGS instead of these computer-based draws. Nothing is more phony than these computer-based draws!Good Luck,John

Illegal deals of Minn. Lottery revealed in court documents

Lottery Post — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:45:21 GMT

Authorities investigating former Minnesota lottery director George Andersen suspected he was involved in bribery, conspiracy and conflicts of interest, court documents show.Search warrants unsealed Friday lay out the still-open criminal investigation into Andersen's dealings with Media Rare, a public relations firm that had no-bid contracts with the lottery. The warrants are the first public indication that investigators thought Andersen's dealings might have amounted to more than mismanagement.... [ More ]