Comment #2

Bradly_60 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:01:57 GMT

$72,000 worth of winners from $86,000 in tickets. That seems like a big return for over 2 years for games that usually only pay back 50%.

Brad

Comment #1

diamondpalace — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:28:48 GMT

Talking about talent put in bad use.

D.C. fines lottery operator $1.4M in ticket scam

Lottery Post — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:56:58 GMT

GTECH Corp., the operator of many government lotteries worldwide, was fined $1.4 million by the District of Columbia this month over charges that its subcontractors or a partner firm hacked into the district's lottery system and printed winning tickets for themselves two years ago.

The fine, which GTECH calls a blatantly political move, comes as the firm is locked in a long battle to retain the New Jersey contract it has held for more than two decades.

GTECH and its Washington, D.C., partn... [ More ]