Minnesota lottery chief's suicide note: 'Pity me, blame no one else'

Lottery Post — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:42:59 GMT

Before committing suicide in January, Minnesota State Lottery Director George Andersen left handwritten notes encouraging his family to not look back. He said he thought lottery operations were proper and am told they are not. Pity me, blame no one else. He added in another note: I must carry the burden and it is too much. . . . Andersen, 53, had run the lottery since it started in 1990 and had done so with little legislative oversight. The state Legislative Auditor reported recently that t... [ More ]