2005 a trying year for Texas Lottery chairman

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Just6ntlc — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:07:06 GMT

If Lotto Texas stops playing their game and go to Powerball, this would be huge for Texas players becoming the only state to have two multi-state games. I hope Texas starts it and then California follows suit by dropping their CA SLP.

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Rip Snorter — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:57:49 GMT

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Chewie — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:30:32 GMT

For a leader and troubleshooter, he managed to allow the lottery to still be one of jokes of the year. It may have looked good on the surface, but was a distaster at its core. Non-professionals showed the world that it was corrupt at all levels. All I would give him credit for is being able to white-wash the problem (for a while), and horrible management skills. End the corruption, and you get credit. Hide it, and you get zero credit. Then again, he made a billion dolars for the state, so

2005 a trying year for Texas Lottery chairman

Lottery Post — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 12:42:00 GMT

Tom Clowe says he was never much of a gambling man, but he was willing to take his chances when he asked Gov. George W. Bush in 1998 to give him an opportunity to serve the state in a volunteer capacity. I said to Governor Bush: I'm ready to do public service now. Give me the worst job that you've got,' Clowe recalled in a recent interview. And, man, he did! Bush appointed Clowe in November 1998 to the board that oversees the Texas Lottery Commission, which was still reeling from a string of... [ More ]