Tennessee Lottery has paid nearly $700,000 in bonuses to date

Lottery Post — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:23:05 GMT

State lawmakers are surprised by the number of Tennessee Lottery employees who have received bonuses totaling nearly $700,000 since the launch of the games in January.Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul has earned $245,000 in bonuses for beginning scratchoff games ahead of schedule and starting the lottery online by March 20. The other 142 Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. employees have cashed $422,304 in startup bonus checks, according to lottery records, an average of $2,974 each.Paul used employee ince... [ More ]