Arkansas Lottery hires away S.C. director

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ELUCKYDREAM* — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:32:31 GMT

I wish they would have hired Margaret D from GA. I am so sick of her

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Tnplayer805 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:51:19 GMT

Great Choice!!! I have to say I'm not surprised. He has made several trips to the state to contribute ideas.

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Grovel — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:09:38 GMT

I can't wait until I can buy a ticket here in Arkansas. October is not that far away.

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konane — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:52:04 GMT

Much good luck to Arkansas to be up and running soon

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JimmySand9 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:03:20 GMT

Excellent choice. He's built up a nice lottery for South Carolina, and I hope he'll do the same for Arkansas.

Arkansas Lottery hires away S.C. director

Lottery Post — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:47:48 GMT

New director is 3rd highest-paid in U.S.

The Arkansas Lottery Commission has hired Ernie Passailaigue, the director of the South Carolina lottery, to lead the formation of Arkansas' newly approved lottery program.

He will start the job July 1 and be paid a salary of $324,000. It's possible that lottery ticket sales could begin as early as October.

Passailaigue (pronounced Pass'-a-laig) is a past president of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries, a lottery tra... [ More ]