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Friends Say Audit Troubled Minnesota Lottery ChiefNews Story
George Andersen built the Minnesota Lottery from the ground up, and some who knew him say he looked upon it less like a bureaucrat and more like a proud and protective father.Andersen committed suicide Tuesday, a day after meeting with a government auditor examining the lottery's operations. He was found outside his home, and an autopsy determined he died of hypothermia in single-digit termperatures after cutting his wrists, said sheriff's Cmdr. Scott Malinosky said.Andersen's death has focused
Jan 29, 2004, 6:08 am - Lottery News

Audit finds misuse of Colorado Lottery fundNews Story
Legislation, rule changes seek tighter tracking of spendingColorado state leaders Tuesday unveiled plans to curb substantial problems uncovered by a newly released audit of Colorado's conservation trust fund, a multimillion-dollar pot of lottery profits that is supposed to pay for parks and recreation.A state audit released Tuesday found that more than $1.2 million of the fund's expenditures in 2002 were spent by local governments in ways the state does not allow.The audit also criticized 10 c
Jan 28, 2004, 9:20 am - Lottery News

New York Lottery Director NamedNews Story
Niskayuna resident Nancy Palumbo has been named to head New York state's Division of the Lottery.Palumbo replaces Margaret DeFrancisco in the $137,000 job. DeFrancisco will take over as head of the Georgia State Lottery.Since 1999 Palumbo's been the executive deputy commissioner in charge of finance and administration for the state Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation. She was also deputy commissioner at the agency.Palumbo, who has worked in state government for 20 years, has hel
Jan 28, 2004, 9:16 am - Lottery News

Easley continues quest for N.C. lotteryNews Story
Entering the last year of his first term, Gov. Mike Easley is looking back on a busy year and preparing for his upcoming re-election campaign.After consecutive years of budget shortfalls, this year's budget seems to be on target. He fulfilled campaign promises to lower class sizes in the early elementary grades. But getting the General Assembly to approve a statewide lottery still eludes him.Easley sailed through national disasters such as Hurricane Isabel and survived man-made storms, such as t
Jan 26, 2004, 6:57 am - Lottery News

Mississippi Residents Flock to Tennessee for Lottery TicketsNews Story
Legal in 2nd neighbor state; loss of Miss. money stirs debateRandy Kyle spent $100 in two days on Tennessee lottery tickets. Kyle, 42, of Walls in DeSoto County scratched off tickets during his lunch break Wednesday. He sat in his pickup parked at the Mapco Express convenience store near the Mississippi-Tennessee line.Kyle and several other Mississippians made up about a third of the store's lottery customers that afternoon.Kyle, a construction contractor, said he expects to play regularly while
Jan 26, 2004, 6:37 am - Lottery News

Mississippi lawmaker wants lotteryNews Story
La., Tenn. games drawing Miss. customers, but bill unlikely to passMississippi state Rep. Alyce Clarke has introduced a bill for a lottery in Mississippi, but key lawmakers, including House Speaker Billy McCoy and the House Gaming Committee chairman, said don't bet on it passing.Clarke, D-Jackson, said she's tired of seeing Mississippians go to Louisiana and now Tennessee, which started its game Tuesday, to buy lottery tickets. It's better to keep the money here, Clarke said.Clarke's bill comes
Jan 21, 2004, 5:37 am - Lottery News

Lottery gets 'gangbuster' startNews Story
Big winners reported among early ticket buyersThe Tennessee Lottery got off to a gangbusters start in Knoxville on Tuesday after a 12:01 a.m. kickoff, with hundreds lining up for tickets and the city reporting one of the state's largest winners. It has been one of the quickest (lottery starts in the nation) for sure, said Kym Gerlock, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Lottery organization. I'm hearing a lot of excitement coming out of Knoxville. State Sen. Steve Cohen, a Memphis Democrat who cha
Jan 21, 2004, 5:34 am - Lottery News

Lottery's first day a success, especially for twoNews Story
Tennessee Lottery officials called Tuesday's launch of lottery instant-ticket sales a success, with brisk sales at retailers across the state.Opening day's two largest prize winners, at $7,000 each, were from the Memphis end of the state: Jimmy Fowler of Jackson, and Daniel Young of Horn Lake, Miss., according to the lottery headquarters.Fowler said Tuesday night that the five $1 Lucky 7's tickets he bought at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Jackson shortly after noon were the first lottery ti
Jan 21, 2004, 5:30 am - Lottery News

Commission approves settlement between House leader, GTECHNews Story
The Rhode Island state Ethics Commission was to vote Tuesday on a proposed settlement that would have House Majority Leader Gordon Fox pay a $10,000 fine for voting on a $770 million, no-bid deal for the lottery company GTECH in which his law firm was involved.If the deal is approved by the panel, Fox, D-Providence, would be spared a potential $25,000 fine, if found guilty.Fox denied knowing his law firm had been hired to work for GTECH when he voted on April 20 on legislation to have GTECH run
Jan 20, 2004, 5:02 pm - Lottery News

Louisiana Lottery reports boost due to PowerballNews Story
Louisiana lottery revenue took a significant jump last year, largely because of four Powerball jackpots that exceeded $100 million in the last half of 2003, lottery officials said.During the calendar year 2003, lottery revenue totaled $330.1 million, up from $309.6 million in 2002 and $314.2 million in 2001. The lottery took in $290.2 million in 2000 and $272.1 million in 1999.State government gets at least 35 percent of the lotterys take each fiscal year.Since July, the multistate Powerball gam
Jan 20, 2004, 10:57 am - Lottery News