Lottery company misses bid deadline

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Chewie — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:01:11 GMT

Almost every law is initially written by special interest groups, then shot at by those that care. Either that, or they copy the law from another state, and reword the end results. You think some legislature dumbo has the brains to write laws? Naw, only their signature counts. It happens at every level of the government. Let the Subject Matter Expert (SME) write it, and it will say what their interest group wants it to say. Either that, or find a law you like from another state and use it

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Drivedabizness — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:08:21 GMT

Jack is right on with this one. SciGames was allowed to write some of the actual legislative language - go figure why the bids are structured the way they are...

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Rip Snorter — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:47:01 GMT

Cool thing about writing those bid requirements. You can study what your guy's got that the competition doesn't have, and you can write the requirements in a way that assures the folks you'll be most friendly with in the aftermath get a chance to be friendly.Whole thing adds to human friendliness and excellent commercial outcomes.However, it requires some delicacy NCians evidently aren't used to. You can't make it so obvious what you're doing that the guy who isn't going to win the bid doesn't... [ More ]

Lottery company misses bid deadline

Lottery Post — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:54:31 GMT

One of the two major American lottery companies Tuesday let a key deadline pass for winning the right to operate a major chunk of North Carolina's new lottery games.Rhode Island-based GTECH Holdings said it did not submit a letter of intent to bid for the right to operate instant-winner scratch-off ticket games in North Carolina. The letters signal a company's interest to the state and keep the company in the loop for more contract information.GTECH's unwillingness to bid so far increases the od... [ More ]