Connecticut Lottery hires director of Illinois Lottery as new CEO

Comment #5

justguessin — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 05:00:07 GMT

i have been winning alittle again playing connecticut scratch offs after a very long dryspell! does this guy have something to do with making things fair? idk but mayb so. time will tell

Comment #4

bedrpost — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 14:09:51 GMT

I think your giving the lottery more than credit due. I think the other expenses are paid by your tax dollar. They would skim off their profit to pay a bill that they can take from tax payers. First off consider director of Illinois? Since when does Illinois have a reputation for honest business? The Mega game increased from $1 to $2 and that's suppose to make him/lottery look good? Not to mention that Illinois is always making it harder to win by adding more numbers. And again they get a pat on... [ More ]

Comment #3

Tucker Black — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:18:25 GMT

Someone help me out here... (figures from the article in bold)

$1.2 billion wagered (i.e. ticket sales)

$70 million retailer commissions (5.83%)

$785 million prizes (65.42% return to player)

$345 million state profit

1.2 billion is exactly 70 million plus 785 million plus 345 million.

Where is the money coming from to pay the lottery employees? They don't work for free, and we know the director makes $200k.

There's also the cost of printing scratch-off tickets, del... [ More ]

Comment #2

lejardin — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:56:39 GMT

Starting salary of $200K ? But $12K less than prior director. I may be out-of-touch but isnt that excessive? Or maybe because of the amount of the lottery budget, I dont know.

Comment #1

music* — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:23:53 GMT

I wish Gregory Smith smooth sailing and a successful journey in his new role.

He started correctly by denying a press interview until after consulting with Governor Bruce Rauner of Illinois.

God bless Gregory Smith.

Connecticut Lottery hires director of Illinois Lottery as new CEO

Lottery Post — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:10:06 GMT

The Connecticut Lottery Corp.'s governing board voted Thursday to hire Gregory Smith, acting director of the Illinois Lottery, as its new CEO in hopes of stability after nearly two years of turmoil, recriminations and investigations at the quasi-public agency with a $1.2 billion annual budget.

The lottery's top job had been vacant since Sept. 22, 2016, when last CEO, Anne Noble, stepped down amid controversy and entered an unusual and lucrative severance agreement with the agency's board of d... [ More ]