Georgia Lottery board member resigns citing pressure to hire new director

Comment #16

Ronnie316 — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:54:46 GMT

Some wheels need more grease than others................

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Dr Lottery — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:52:11 GMT

This Is A True Fact Look Out Georgia Players We thought Marege Was

Comment #14

Sherita — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:31:11 GMT

Tha AJC reports that Lottery Director is paid $284,000 per year and receives $204,000 in bonuses yearly which includes Xmas bonus. All other employees receive $1,500 to $50,000 in bonuses yearly. From this info I see that the GLC believes in paying themselves FIRST and the players last. This new person is a experienced financial expert and I think we Georgians are in for a rude awakening! She is definitely going to crunch the numbers and figure out how to make a bigger profit and pay herself fir... [ More ]

Comment #13

mcginnin56 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:26:22 GMT

Exactly correcto mundo

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Ronnie316 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:22:42 GMT

Only when they operate government approved and protected monopolies.

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mcginnin56 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:17:09 GMT

Proprietors are always big winners.

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Ronnie316 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:12:32 GMT

They aren't winners they are proprietors

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mcginnin56 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:11:14 GMT

That's what I meant by winners. (the state of Georgia).

Comment #8

Ronnie316 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:57:55 GMT

Not so, the players lose more money every year than any other state.

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mcginnin56 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:55:46 GMT

And also the biggest winners.

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Ronnie316 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:46:22 GMT

Georgia has the biggest losers in the country..........

Comment #5

mcginnin56 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:50:23 GMT

The players are very sharp, therefore the only recourse is for the lottery to go crooked.

That's OK, were all used to to the corruption, greed, rigged games and the like here.

Just one more challenge for us players. We'll just have to become even smarter and sharper then ever.

Comment #4

Littleoldlady — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:12:02 GMT

Even though she did not say it out loud, I think the lady believes favoritism is going on. Where there is favoritism, corruption will soon follow. If the lottery board cannot operate independently and make suggestions and recommendations about open positions, then who is to say that the lottery itself is not crooked? The Governor seems to favor this new woman(who is to be the lottery director) and her husband. If the lottery has not made a profit in 3 years, then either player expendable income

Comment #3

rdgrnr — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:04:10 GMT

It wasn't just pressure from the governor.

She didn't like that woman for some reason.

I know wimmins.

I'm not sayin' I understand 'em.

No man does.

But I know 'em.

Comment #2

Ronnie316 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:16:16 GMT

I say give Debbie the job....... The Governor always gets his way.... or hit the highway.....

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:37:39 GMT

Some people can't take the pressure, better to resign without a fight, and go down in defeat.

Georgia Lottery board member resigns citing pressure to hire new director

Lottery Post — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:11:28 GMT

A member of the Georgia Lottery Board resigned last week because she thought the panel was feeling pressured to hire the governor's budget director to run one of the country's most successful lotteries.

Frances Rogers, who has served on the board since late 2010, said she hung up the phone in the middle of a conference call to discuss a new lottery president last week and immediately resigned.

There were things that were said and I decided I was not going to be able to be part of the proc... [ More ]