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truecritic — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:30:44 GMT

That report, however, was the last full-year disclosure that must be made to American regulators in August, GTECH was bought by an Italian company, Lottomatica S.p.A., for $4.7 billion.

Hmm...numbers racket started by mob years ago. Numbers go legit by being called Lottery and run by individual States. Numbers now to be run by Italian company...??? Doesn't sound good to me.

Company running most lottery games worldwide has history of scandal

Lottery Post — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:30:00 GMT

The company behind the more than 16,000 machines that spit out New York Lottery tickets has been linked to scandals across the country and around the globe.

Bribery allegations led a co-founder to quit his job as chairman. Its lobbyists have run afoul of the law in several states, including New York. Former government officials have received lucrative consulting contracts.

And in summer 2006, an investigation in Texas found that the company, GTECH Holdings Corp., doled out tens of millions... [ More ]