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N.C. lottery hires have connections to Ga. and a SenatorNews Story
The North Carolina Education Lottery announced five additional hirings Monday, including three with connections to the Georgia Lottery and another who was once a state director for U.S. Sen. John Edwards.Alice Garland, currently an assistant state Commerce Department secretary, will earn $128,000 as deputy executive director of legislative and corporate communications, lottery executive director Tom Shaheen said. Garland has 30 years of experience in private business and governmental relations.
Dec 20, 2005, 7:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery to hire new Director from withinNews Story
The Colorado Lottery's search for a new director will be an in-house effort among state employees.The state does not envision the need to hire outside of government or outside of Colorado, said Diane Reimer, spokesman for Michael Cooke, director of the Department of Revenue. The department oversees the lottery. We are confident of finding somebody within state government, Reimer said Tuesday. We hope to have someone on board by the end of December. The new director will oversee an agency that
Dec 4, 2003, 6:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn. lawmaker balks at high lottery pay for vice presidentsNews Story
A state legislative leader said he hoped that Tennessee's lottery would pay its top officials less than top executives at the Georgia lottery were paid when Rebecca Paul was director there.Paul, the new Tennessee lottery director who officially came from Georgia this week, had a dozen lottery vice presidents working for her in Georgia five of them earning $151,000-$180,000 a year, including bonuses.''That seems to be on the high side,'' said state Sen. Ron Ramsey of Blountville, Senate Republ
Sep 26, 2003, 3:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery looking at all possibilities for Director PositionNews Story
In a gesture of openness, Texas Lottery commissioners announced Monday that, for the first time, a committee of state officials and private citizens outside the lottery will help find the agency's next leader. The commission accepted the resignation of former executive director Reagan Greer, who announced his departure Friday, two weeks after he admitted approving several inflated Lotto Texas jackpot estimates recommended by his staff.Commissioners named Greer's former deputy and longtime lotter
Jul 12, 2005, 10:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Colorado lottery woes will be fixed, says state revenue directorNews Story
Colorado Revenue Director M. Michael Cooke on Tuesday pledged to fix Lottery management problems found by state auditors.Cooke's department includes the Colorado Lottery, where Mark Zamarripa resigned as director on Nov. 12, just hours before he was to meet with Cooke to discuss travel expenses questioned by state auditors. I think it's fair to say I'm continuing to look at expenses and other issues in the Lottery that have given me cause for concern, Cooke said. We want to change some of the
Dec 17, 2003, 4:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery hires sales director from AtlantaNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Commission hired three administrators Wednesday, one of them from Atlanta, to help new executive director James R. Scroggins get the state's education lottery up and running by October.Each of the new administrators personally was recruited for their jobs by Scroggins and will be paid $110,000 a year, he said. Each of them has a wealth of experience in the area they're going to work in, Scroggins said.Named director of administration was Rollo Redburn, a 29-year employee of
Jun 9, 2005, 11:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery Commission Seeking Executive DirectorNews Story
Every day the state goes without a lottery is a lost opportunity for education funding, the Oklahoma Lottery Commission was told Tuesday by three people involved in starting up lotteries in other states.Hiring an executive director is the most important step and must be done quickly, said Rebecca Graham Paul, president and chief executive officer of Tennessee's lottery, which started up last year.Lottery commissioners have received 15 applications for executive director. Paul said the commission
Mar 30, 2005, 10:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Interim Minnesota lottery director cites progressNews Story
After about a month on the job, Michael Vekich says hes making progress in reforming the way the Minnesota State Lottery operates.Vekich told lawmakers on Tuesday that lottery officials have addressed nearly 70 percent of the state Legislative Auditors 49 recommendations in a report that was released last month.We have accomplished a lot, said Vekich, who was appointed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty to serve as interim director of the lottery in February following the suicide of Director George Andersen.T
Mar 19, 2004, 4:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery to begin director searchNews Story
The Arkansas Lottery Commission voted Monday to begin its search for a new director in December, but the panel left unanswered how quickly it hoped to fill the vacancy left by former director Ernie Passailaigue. The commission voted to begin advertising for the director job on Dec. 1 and to begin reviewing applications at its Jan. 9 meeting. The panel set a priority deadline of Jan. 4, but it said it would continue to accept applications after that date. The commission hired Passailaigue,
Nov 23, 2011, 10:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

Interim Texas Lottery Director HiredNews Story
One of the original commissioners to oversee the Texas lottery was called back to service Friday, this time to act as the temporary executive director of the troubled agency because officials have been unable to find someone to permanently fill the job, which has been open for six months.Anthony Sadberry, a Houston lawyer who gave up his private practice two months ago to become an assistant Texas attorney general, will take over the day-to-day operation of the lottery on Tuesday. Unlike his pas
Jan 16, 2006, 6:44 am - Todd - Lottery News