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Oregon Lottery operating costs drop half-million dollarsNews Story
A report released Thursday by Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury shows a half-million reduction in operating costs for the Oregon Lottery following last year's devastating audit. The savings were over five months compared to the same period in 2002.Gov. Ted Kulongoski called the results as a significant step forward in our goal to reduce costs and restore accountability in state government. The 2002 audit found nearly $800,000 in questionable administrative expenses, including use of first
Sep 26, 2003, 3:15 am - 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 - Lottery News

N.D. Gets Lottery DirectorNews Story
North Dakota's lottery now has a permanent director, as Chuck Keller was hired for the job Wednesday.Keller has been the interim director of the state lottery office. He is a long-time administrator in the state's gaming division.The state's lottery advisory board unanimously agreed today to recommend Keller for the job. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says he'll go along and hire Keller for the position.Keller will be paid 65-thousand-dollars a year.North Dakota's new Powerball game is expecte
Sep 25, 2003, 2:20 am - Lottery News

N.D. rules out credit cards for lotteryNews Story
North Dakota should forbid credit-card sales of lottery tickets, and merchants should have the discretion to decide whether to take gamblers' checks or debit cards, a lottery advisory board concluded Wednesday.The committee, which is made up of three state legislators and two former lawmakers, is helping to write rules to implement North Dakota's entry into the Powerball lottery. State regulators hope to begin Powerball sales by April.Its members voted Wednesday to bar ticket sellers from allowi
Sep 25, 2003, 2:16 am - Lottery News

Amendment would link lottery money, schoolsNews Story
To hear lawmakers tell it, talk in the coffee shops often goes like this: Whatever happened to all that lottery money? Voters authorized a state lottery in 1990, and some mistakenly thought they voted to spend the money to support public schools. The general public always asks, 'What happened to that money? What happened to that lottery money?' said state Sen. Chris Ullo, D-Harvey. It has been a very consistent message. Voters will weigh in on the issue Oct. 4. Constitutional amendment No. 9
Sep 24, 2003, 4:00 am - Lottery News

Paul to run sales, advertising for Tenn. LotteryNews Story
Sales and marketing of the Tennessee lottery will be controlled by lottery head Rebecca Paul, while other aspects of running the games will be handed over to private vendors.That was the style Paul used when she ran the Georgia lottery for 10 years and that's how she plans to run the Tennessee lottery, she said yesterday.On her second day on the job, Paul made several recommendations to the Tennessee lottery board, including what she plans to include in two major contracts with gaming vendors.Bo
Sep 24, 2003, 3:45 am - Lottery News

Lottery CEO begins job early, says games could start Feb. 10News Story
Rebecca Paul began as director of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. more than a week early, meaning the first scratch-off games could be available for sale ahead of schedule.Paul, who was hired away from the Georgia Lottery on Sept. 8 to run Tennessees startup operation, was supposed to begin her new duties Oct. 1. Instead, she spent Monday pitching the games and their benefits to a Nashville civic group.One of the potential takers was Steven Greil, president of the Tennessee Performing Arts
Sep 23, 2003, 3:42 am - Lottery News

Paul gets brusque farewell from Georgia lottery boardNews Story
When Rebecca Paul gave three weeks' notice that she was stepping down as head of Georgia's lottery to start Tennessee's, her bosses showered her with praise and wished her well.Days later, the lottery's board of directors barred Paul from her desk and declared it wanted the $500,000-a-year executive gone yesterday literally.Officially, Paul's last day on the job became Sept. 5, two days before she phoned Georgia's governor and told him she had accepted the job of Tennessee Education Lottery Corp
Sep 20, 2003, 8:57 pm - Lottery News

Georgia businesses not worried Tenn. lottery will hurt local salesNews Story
Rossville, Georgia store owners say they arent worried the Tennessee Lottery, which is expected to launch early next year, will dam the stream of money flowing from Tennessees gamblers.Legislation creating the lottery corporation was signed into law by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen on June 11, according to the lottery Web site at www.tnlottery.gov.Subsequently, Governor Bredesen announced appointments to the new seven-member lottery board on July 1, the Web site reads. Proceeds from the future sa
Sep 17, 2003, 2:58 am - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery outperforms every other stateNews Story
The Missouri Lottery is the fastest-growing game in the United States, according to an annual survey by International Gaming Wagering Business.The Missouri Lottery posted 21.3 percent growth in the 2003 fiscal year that just ended on top of 15 percent growth the previous year, outperforming every other lottery, the trade publication said in its September issue. It is very difficult to string together two outstanding years in the current environment, so Missouri's accomplishment is all the mo
Sep 16, 2003, 3:38 am - Lottery News