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Deal reached to privatize the Pa. LotteryReply
For what reason they would like to privatize Lottery? Is it possible?
Jan 22, 2013, 12:00 am - jamella724 - Lottery News

Vermont could become first state to privatize lotteryNews Story
No other state has leased its lottery, but Vermont wants to be the first. Governor Jim Douglas hopes the lease will bring in $50 million dollars for the state budget, on top of the $23 million the lottery brings in now. Today in a special report, VPR's John Dillon explores the advantages and disadvantages of what is so far an untested idea. (sound of lottery machine printing ticket) (Dillon) Johanne Gray is a regular at this convenience store in Montpelier. She likes to play the
Dec 21, 2007, 2:33 pm - Todd - Lottery News

D.C. Lottery hopes raffle will bring fiscal successNews Story
The D.C. Lottery's Quick Cash game had been around for more than 15 years when Todd Zimmerman walked into Rodman's Drugs in Northwest in February 2005 and bought two $1 tickets. With three games on each ticket, the government contractor won the maximum $250,000 jackpot for each of the six games. But the improbable $1.5 million payout also helped put the D.C. Lottery's Quick Cash game more than $640,000 in the red for the year, records show. Within months, the game was canceled, although lo
Jul 3, 2007, 9:46 pm - Todd - Lottery News

illinois lottery privatizing
do you think the illinois lottery will privatize?
May 25, 2006, 10:27 pm - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery Discussion Forum

Wisconsin lawmakers vote down plan to privatize state LotteryNews Story
Wisconsin lawmakers on Wednesday voted down a proposal in Gov. Jim Doyle's budget bill to privatize half of the work at the Wisconsin lottery.The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted 10-6 to delete a provision that would have eliminated 55 of 109 positions at the lottery.Doyle's plan called for the private sector to take over the lottery's sales and marketing, ticket warehousing and distribution, product development, special events, and Web site operations, while state employees would sti
Apr 21, 2005, 1:18 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Deal reached to privatize the Pa. LotteryNews Story
The Corbett administration announced late Friday that it would award to a British firm a contract to privatize the management of the Pennsylvania Lottery. The announcement came just days before a state Senate committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on what has become the administration's most aggressive foray into privatizing state services. While the contract with Camelot Global Services was not yet formally signed, the administration issued what it called a notice of award. Though not
Jan 12, 2013, 12:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery to conduct review of operationsNews Story
Not a move to privatization, officials say State officials say there are no plans to privatize the Ohio Lottery Commission amid a pending top-to-bottom review of its management and a document holding out privatized state lotteries as models of interest. A state request for proposals issued on Aug. 24 seeks a consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of the lottery and recommend ways to contain costs and maximize profits, which largely are routed to public schools. One part of the do
Sep 3, 2015, 7:39 am - Todd - Lottery News

Conspiracy TheorysReply
So in a nut shell people the pa lottery system is politics in a nut shell end of story.........................................they decide when to pay out where and to whom to payout to the lottery looks like SS LOL WHY WOULD U WANNA PRIVATIZE A LOTTERY FOR WHAT ur state is already profitable makes no sense.I know people would agree the pa lottery equals pure profit u know why when they sat down to do the odds for each games it had to be profitable in their favor.Then before the rng machines the
Jun 19, 2012, 7:52 pm - ProCessOfElim - Lottery Discussion Forum

Schwarzenegger may try to privatize California LotteryNews Story
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is poised to call for privatizing the state lottery, a move that would bring California a cash infusion of as much as $37 billion to help solve pressing budget problems but also could sacrifice a major revenue source for decades to come. The lottery would be leased to a private company for up to 40 years in exchange for a lump-sum payment or series of payments, according to documents from the governor's budget office that were provided to legislative staf
May 10, 2007, 2:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Union fights effort to privatize Pa. LotteryNews Story
The union that represents Pennsylvania Lottery employees is fighting Gov. Corbett's move to privatize its operations. With a day to go until the private company's offer is set to expire, AFSCME Council 13 is waging a strong counterattack against outsourcing the profitable lottery in the courtroom, the Statehouse, and the streets. This week, a particularly edgy some might consider over-the-top billboard appeared near the Capitol, skewering the British firm that is the sole bidder for the lo
Jan 9, 2013, 12:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News