Pennsylvania Lottery privatization Q&A

Comment #14

Ronnie316 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:32:54 GMT

Im doing real good just makin sure my tickets are checked and double checked...

Comment #13

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:27:31 GMT

Comment #12

Ronnie316 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:14:31 GMT

I think the states and players will benefit from a private operation.

Comment #11

Ronnie316 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:12:44 GMT

Private companies don't have the privilege of running sloppy, bloated, exorbitant budget operations like the government.

Comment #10

Ronnie316 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:12:31 GMT

How could any private entity have increased expenses over any government entity

Comment #9

Ronnie316 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:07:41 GMT

Im not sure why anyone would to try and think as much as jim thinks. Im exhausted thinking about it.

Comment #8

Ronnie316 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:05:50 GMT

Why should they? I dont think anyone should be promised a cash flow increase.

Comment #7

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:17:43 GMT

Nope...not sure at all. As far as really thinking about it, well... I'm just not that interested to spend time thinking THAT much about a state that I don't play in.

Comment #6

jimmy4164 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:02:31 GMT

Apparently they think so or they wouldn't be trying to change.

Are you sure about that? You mean you can't think of any other possible reason why certain individuals might want to turn over a profitable state enterprise to a private, for profit, corporation, with uncertainty that the salaries, profits, and other management fees will not exceed the current ones? Privatization is a simple formula, is VERY profitable for a FEW, and usually results in the loss of good state jobs which are replac... [ More ]

Comment #5

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:51:11 GMT

Looks like Dan answered the second part farther down the article. Probably because that part of the question deals with revenue which is his area of responsibility.

Bottom line for this lottery as well as any lottery is to bring in as much money as possible. Lotteries are not charitable organizations. As to whether this would really increase revenue, I have no idea. Apparently they think so or they wouldn't be trying to change.

Comment #4

Ronnie316 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:24:13 GMT

Their funding should be taken away completely when they get an entitlement attitude.

Comment #3

jamella724 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:20:49 GMT

No matter how great the motives are for the Privatization of Pennsylvania Lottery...I totally disagree with their decision basically because, their beneficiaries will be much affected of the changes. This will be the burden...and I just hope that whatever the decision is, people's welfare should be their utmost consideration and not personal interest of the authorities.

Comment #2

RedStang — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:24:55 GMT

Pretty sad when they depend on the lottery to keep them going.

Comment #1

jimmy4164 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:31:35 GMT

Q: The Department of Aging receives most of the money from the Lottery. Can you talk about how the demand for services has changed and your expectations of how a private manager might increase cash flow to your agency?

Note that in response to the 2 part question above, Brian Duke talked about the demand for services but failed to say anything at all about how a private manager might increase cash flow to his agency.

Pennsylvania Lottery privatization Q&A

Lottery Post — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:03:54 GMT

Secretaries of aging and revenue discuss Camelot Group bid

If Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett accepts an English company's bid to handle the day-to-day management of the Pennsylvania Lottery, no two state agencies will be more immediately and profoundly affected than the Departments of Aging and Revenue.

The Aging Department is one of the main beneficiaries of the $3.5 billion Lottery, which funds programs ranging from Meals on Wheels to in-home care services for Pennsylvania's senior citize... [ More ]