Tenn. Lottery asks firms to pay cost for error

Comment #7

Guru101 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:02:39 GMT

I'm not offended at all, but the instant ticket incident cost the guy his job and he has faced legal charges as well. He got what came to him. Just because one employee is crooked, doesn't mean all the employees are crooked. Anybody could be crooked, even people YOU work with. Just because a Hoosier Lottery official screws up, doesn't mean I'm about to say the whole organization is corrupt, just as I don't say all cops abuse their power even though there are some that do. A problem occurs and th... [ More ]

Comment #6

Tnplayer805 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:19:30 GMT

I made the comment because the Hoosier lottery has lost its integrity. Yeah, it has computerized drawings; however, they also had that instant ticket incident. You know the one where a lottery official leaked info on where a winning instant ticket was going to be sold and they split the money? That's a loss of integrity. I'm sorry if that offends you but that's the way I see it.

Comment #5

tntea — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:12:48 GMT

There is something fishy again with the TN lottery...

last five draws contained

ABA.... What is the likelihood of this..

Something programmed in that computer....

Rebcca is making splash again....

Email them now..

Comment #4

Guru101 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:01:08 GMT

To me Tennessee is the next Indiana. What a shame.

It's funny how people keep using Indiana as the derogatory word even though there are other states that have computerized drawings, in yet, there is still no information given by that person about Indiana to justify the use in that way. So please, explain why Indiana was the word you chose to use. You're trying to make it seem as if the incidences were collaborated by the all-so-evil Hoosier Lottery organization as a whole, as if all Hoo... [ More ]

Comment #3

johnph77 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:48:58 GMT

Asked? ASKED?! It wasn't written in the contract that the supplier wouldn't be responsible for its own errors? Whoever was involved in the authorship and review of that contract ought to be canned.

Comment #2

Tnplayer805 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:43:32 GMT

What a difference the Tenn Lottery has made. A year ago it was one of the best lotteries in the Nation. Now it's one of the worst. To me Tennessee is the next Indiana. What a shame.

Comment #1

konane — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:16:35 GMT

We trusted them to get it right, and it didn't happen,'' he said. Now they are saying we want $1.4 million back, but in the meantime, we have to trust now that they have it right.

No, Becca Tennessee trusted you to get it right

Tenn. Lottery asks firms to pay cost for error

Lottery Post — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:35:52 GMT

Letters seeking $1.4 million are sent to 2 vendors

Tennessee Lottery officials have asked two vendors to pay a total of $1.4 million to make up for losses caused by a computer coding error that compromised the Cash 3 and Cash 4 games in August.

Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul Hargrove and two board members disclosed the figure during a meeting Tuesday with The Tennessean's editorial board.

Letters demanding the payment were sent to Smartplay International, the vendor that supplied the computer... [ More ]