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N.C. lottey commission to announce vendor choiceNews Story
A controversial decision is due next week from North Carolina's lottery commission.The state will choose which company provides the actual games like scratch-off tickets.But one company may be in trouble with the law. The lottery commission has faced questions about gaming company Scientific Games for months. I think the question is do they want to bid? And second, if they do bid are they able to handle a lottery this big? I don't know the answer to this but we're open to all bidders, Dr. Charl
Jan 24, 2006, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Missouri celebrates 20 years of lotteryNews Story
The Missouri Lottery celebrates its 20th birthday this month by giving Missourians a six-digit birthday present.Tickets went on sale Monday for the special Dream Draw raffle game that runs through Feb. 23. Weekly tax prepaid prizes of $20,000 will be awarded, along with a tax-free grand prize of $200,000. The $2 game also offers a number of $20 instant winners.The state lottery has come a long way since January 1986, when the first scratch-off game, Jackpot '86, was introduced.Since then, $
Jan 24, 2006, 9:36 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Gov. candidate's lottery figures appear unrealisticNews Story
Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Bill Halter's claim that a state lottery would generate as much as $250 million for education far exceeds previous state estimates that his campaign said Monday were out of date.In announcing his candidacy last week, Halter proposed a state lottery to ease the financial burden of overhauling the state's education system. He said the $250 million figure was at the high end of estimates.Halter spokesman Bud Jackson said Monday that the campaign would provide more s
Jan 24, 2006, 8:06 am - Lottery News

Lottery idea proposed by Arkansas Gov. candidateNews Story
During the weekend, an Arkansas gubernatorial hopeful uttered the L word in announcing his candidacy.Bill Halter, a Democrat from North Little Rock, threw his hat into the ring for governor by proposing a state lottery. As in virtually every state where lotteries have been proposed, Mr. Halter recommends using lottery proceeds to fund public education in Arkansas.It would take a constitutional amendment, and Mr. Halter said he'd pursue a lottery after being elected.Among the general public, th
Jan 24, 2006, 7:06 am - Lottery News

Judge questions Tenn. Lottery's handling of harassment investigationNews Story
A judge said a Tennessee Lottery investigation of workplace harassment violated due process and questioned whether it justified forcing a high-ranking lottery official out of his job.The comments Wednesday by Davidson County Chancellor Carol McCoy in an open records case provide the most details so far on the dismissal of Steve Adams from his job as the lottery's chief administrative officer after a harassment investigation.Adams has denied he harassed anyone, and lottery executives have said li
Jan 20, 2006, 6:51 am - Lottery News

Woman Cashes Lottery Ticket From 1992News Story
In a case of better late then never, an Australian woman has collected 100,000 Australian dollars (US$74,810) after cashing in a lottery ticket more than a decade after it was bought, an official said Friday.The woman, who asked not to be identified, collected her winnings this week after discovering the ticket lodged in a greeting card she found in her home, a spokesman for New South Wales state Gaming Minister Grant McBride said on condition of anonymity he said was departmental policy.The lot
Jan 20, 2006, 6:42 am - Lottery News

Ohio woman decides to drop appeal over lottery taxNews Story
An Ohio woman who thought she didn't owe city income tax on lottery money she and her ex-husband received has given up her appeals court case.Tina Marie Rodepouch, of Parkman Road Southwest, had filed an appeal with the 11th District Court of Appeals challenging a Warren Municipal Court decision Sept. 20, 2005, saying she had to pay city taxes on the money.But she has dropped that case and will continue to pay the taxes, said Gregory V. Hicks, Warren's law director. She didn't want to spend any
Jan 19, 2006, 9:30 am - Lottery News

Top Oregon lottery official may lose postNews Story
Oregon Senate Democrats might block the reappointment of an Oregon State Lottery commissioner for resisting efforts to further increase the state's share of lottery profits last year.On Wednesday, the Senate Rules and Executive Appointments Committee withheld approval of Stan Robson for another term on the lottery commission, said committee chairwoman Sen. Kate Brown, D-Portland. I have some concerns about the position he took on the last lottery contracts and am not sure I'm going to move forwa
Jan 19, 2006, 8:57 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery forced to reveal harassment recordsNews Story
Records made public yesterday by a Nashville judge indicated that sexual harassment led to the firing of Steve Adams, the former No. 2 official at the Tennessee Lottery.Before the decision in the lawsuit brought by The NashvillePost.com, the nature of the workplace harassment was unclear. The document, a Jan. 5 letter that Adams received, confirmed the reason for his termination as the lottery's chief administrative officer. We can't operate in an environment where our employees or vendors are a
Jan 19, 2006, 8:00 am - 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 - Lottery News