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N.C. Lottery may need bigger consequences for lapse in ethicsNews Story
After taking a seat on the state lottery commission, Charlotte public relations executive Kevin Geddings was required to disclose in a state filing that he had a financial relationship with a lottery company.Geddings did not do it.But the stiffest penalty for a failure to disclose such information is for the N.C. Board of Ethics to recommend removal of the offender from his or her position.North Carolina is one of the few states in the nation without a broad ethics law, though North Carolina law
Nov 8, 2005, 6:31 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery commissioner resignsNews Story
One of the state's nine lottery commissioners resigned abruptly Tuesday, saying other commitments mean he cannot be effective in overseeing North Carolina's $1.2 billion-a-year gambling operation.The departure comes as the board is set to meet today to consider a new ethics code aimed at ensuring public confidence in the lottery that includes stricter rules than lawmakers put in place.Malachi J. Greene, a former Charlotte City Council member, said in a resignation letter that he doesn't have tim
Oct 26, 2005, 11:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Three friends honor long-time pact to split lottery winningsReply
How did we ever vote in so many people who have situational ethics only?
Mar 23, 2013, 3:43 pm - Ronnie316 - Lottery News

Former Indiana Lottery Director cleared of ethics chargesNews Story
Inspector general finds that sponsoring GOP women's event wasn't an ethical violation The Hoosier Lottery inappropriately sponsored a luncheon for Republican women during the tenure of its former director, but neither that nor other actions rose to the level of ethics violations, the state's inspector general said. The findings essentially cleared former lottery Director Esther Schneider of allegations of cronyism, improper expenditures and other charges raised in an anonymous letter s
Aug 24, 2007, 10:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

Colorado lottery bill would tighten ethics rulesNews Story
One of the Colorado state Senate's most powerful members unveiled legislation designed to prdvent conflicts of interest at the Colorado Lottery.The legislation was created in concert with an ethics overhaul already underway at the Lottery and as the Arapahoe County district attorney is deciding whether to file criminal charges based on a recently concluded probe of the Lottery by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.The legislation, in part, would bar Lottery officials from taking jobs with agen
Mar 23, 2004, 4:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas legislature defeats Internet lottery billReply
Money these families need to pay for groceries, the light bill or the rent could be wasted on the lottery instead, the two agreed. If their budgets are that tight, the odds are very good that they won't have a computer, internet access or a credit card. Besides, what's going to keep all those nasty poor people from walking down to their local 7-11 and spending that money on lottery tickets in spite of the lawmakers' opinions? What's going to keep that ten-year-old from glomming onto Mommy's AT
May 6, 2005, 8:16 pm - jim695 - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery commissioner resignsReply
The ethics board also identified Gordon Myers of the Asheville area, another Black appointee, as having a potential conflict of interest because Myers has a financial stake in the Ingles supermarket chain, which might sell lottery tickets.Myers, a former Ingles executive, has already said he will not speak privately with any potential lottery contractor. He told the ethics board he would not participate in any votes that could involve his former employer.Myers is on the lottery commission becaus
Oct 26, 2005, 11:45 pm - Ladyluck2005 - Lottery News

Texas Lottery executive had no hint before firingReply
You have some strange ideas, CO, unlike my humble self (strictly conventional, a fencewalker on almost everything).Corruption involves moral turpitude.. annuities don't (necessarily). Ethics are a more complicated issue, but it takes a major stretch to wrap an issue of annuities up into a breakfast taco carrying the label 'unethical'.You don't like annuities. You don't like the lousy payoffs of NY lottery. That's legit. But that doesn't equate to corruption, doesn't have any bearing on ethi
Jul 2, 2005, 1:32 pm - Rip Snorter - Lottery News

Mississippi lottery board adopts rules on ethics and recordsNews Story
The governing board for the upcoming Mississippi Lottery is setting rules for ethics and public records. It is also taking steps to hire bankers to provide financial services and a person to run day-to-day operations. Mississippi is one of the last states to create a lottery after legislators voted to do so in August, partly as a way to provide money to pay for roads and bridges. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant nominated the five lottery corporation board members several months ago, and th
Apr 16, 2019, 2:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

GTECH is in play in BrazilNews Story
Analysts don't think a political scandal will hurt the company's chances of continuing to run the country's lotteryA top Brazilian government official allegedly told two GTECH Holdings Corp. employees in 2003 that they could have a lottery contract extension.All they needed to do, said Waldomiro Diniz, the former deputy head of parliamentary affairs, was hire a consultant for between $4 million and about $6 million, according to Brazilian newspaper reports based on the employees' testimony.A lot
Mar 26, 2004, 9:15 am - Todd - Lottery News