Texas Lottery accuses GTECH of bribery

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Drivedabizness — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:11:41 GMT

What I think I see here is shoddy reporting by low-level people wihtin the State DPS.

They are essentilaly reporting allegations - so what? It would be a different story if GTECH had been found guilty of wrongdoing in any of these cases - but they have not.

DDB

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weshar75 — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:25:07 GMT

It sounds like Texas lottery wants to get rid of Gtech's contract or smear their name or both. I guess since they had to clean house on their own lottery now they are going to try to fix Gtech's problems. Maybe they should worry about fixing the Texas lottery!-weshar75

Texas Lottery accuses GTECH of bribery

Lottery Post — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:42:01 GMT

GTECH executives will appear before Texas commission

The criminal allegations read right out of a crime novel: bribing overseas government officials, withholding evidence and lying about it.

Those are some of the charges Texas investigators accuse GTECH, the international lottery services company that enjoys a lucrative contract with the state of Texas, of engaging in internationally.

The findings have angered and embarrassed lottery commissioners, who have used GTECH as the agency's so... [ More ]