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Maryland Lottery interim director namedNews Story
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's office has named Gina Smith as the Maryland State Lottery's Interim Director after the departure of Director Buddy Roogow on November 30th. Roogow, who served as Maryland Lottery Director for 13 years, announced his resignation in early November after accepting the position of Director of the Washington, D.C. Lottery. Ms. Smith, who has 20 years of State service, has been with the Maryland Lottery for nine years as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her L
Dec 9, 2009, 4:09 pm - Lottery News

Poland proposes online gambling banNews Story
Following weeks of political scandal, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is determined to ban online gambling in the EU-member state. The new legislation will outlaw all gambling that takes place outside land-based casinos, including online gambling, while imposing higher taxes on legal gambling operators. The first draft of the proposed reform will be ready in two weeks. Internet gamblers may shrug off yet another crack down on their favorite past time, given that numerous countries have i
Nov 11, 2009, 3:10 pm - Lottery News

New Ohio Lottery director appointedNews Story
A corporate lawyer from Shaker Heights who was the first woman to head the Ohio State Bar Association will be taking the reins of the Ohio Lottery Commission. Kathleen Burke, 60, a partner at Jones Day, was tapped by Gov. Ted Strickland today as the lottery's new executive director. She comes on board at a critical juncture for the state lottery system, which is trying to get as many as 17,500 slot machines at seven Ohio horsetracks up and running. The state budget over the next two years
Aug 10, 2009, 6:26 pm - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery director resignsNews Story
Ohio's lottery director resigned Tuesday from a rocky tenure serving in Gov. Ted Strickland's cabinet, as the state tries to expand the lottery to include video slot machines at horse racing tracks. Dolan did not say why he's leaving in his resignation letter to Strickland, other than to say that he had thought about the direction of the lottery, including the new policy for slot machines. My reflection has led me to conclude that the best interests of the Lottery and the state, as well a
Aug 4, 2009, 9:51 pm - Lottery News

Colorado Lottery director to retireNews Story
After 4 years on the job, Margaret Peggy Gordon is retiring as director of the Colorado Lottery. Gordon, who formally made the announcement on Tuesday, said her final day on the job will be June 30, the last day of the state's fiscal year. When she gets up on July 1, the first thing she plans to do is buy a Lottery ticket, which she's barred from doing as an employee. The average length of stay for a Lottery director is 18 months, and I'm at 4 years, so I think that's pretty good, s
Apr 23, 2008, 1:15 pm - Lottery News

Women win $276M lottery jackpot - and report back to workNews Story
If you thought you'd just won a fortune, would you go to work the next day? Eight women who toil in a tax office in Morgantown, West Virginia did just that on Monday, as they anxiously await confirmation that they hold the winning ticket in a $276.3 million lottery jackpot. But whether they'll be back again this week is another matter. The women claim to be the sole big winners in the Powerball lottery, and if they're right, each stands to be transformed from ordinary civil servants into mul
Mar 18, 2008, 2:00 pm - Lottery News

UK National Lottery operator Camelot knew manager was spying on rivalsNews Story
A manager at Camelot, the operator of the United Kingdom's National Lottery, used false identities to gather intelligence on rival companies, according to an official investigation. Alexia Latham, a media relations manager, used three aliases to glean information over a 10-month period as Camelot fought off competitors to win a lucrative 10-year license. On one occasion, Latham, 34, posed as a student using the name Karen Dikins and a fake e-mail address to dupe a leading lottery consultan
Feb 25, 2008, 3:51 pm - Lottery News

Ontario Lottery may ban retailers from buying tickets from own storesNews Story
Ontario lottery retailers are railing against a proposal to ban them from buying and cashing in tickets in their own stores, saying it unfairly portrays them as the villains in the province's lottery scandal. Retailers will be upset that we're the ones being painted as the bad guys in all this, says Chris Wilcox of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. tried to impose the rule on retailers in August before backing off in the face of the associat
Oct 31, 2007, 9:27 am - Lottery News

Winning retailers named by B.C. Lottery CorporationNews Story
The B.C. Lottery Corporation has gone public with the names of its lottery retailers who have won major prizes, following this week's scathing report by the B.C. ombudsman into lottery irregularities. The report said lottery officials have failed to protect consumers from possible fraud by ticket retailers, citing examples of retailers winning thousands of dollars at a much higher rate than that of the public at large. Some of the retailers being named by the corporation are speaking out,
Jun 1, 2007, 9:03 am - Lottery News

Cancer claims life of man who exposed Ontario Lottery retailer fraudNews Story
The man whose legal battle with Ontario Lottery and Gaming brought about an investigation and wholesale changes to the Crown corporation lost his fight with cancer Monday. Bob Edmonds, from the central Ontario town of Coboconk, died in hospital at age 83. His son, Bob Edmonds Jr., said his father's struggle began years ago and grew more acute as the cancer spread. The cancer spread from the bowel to his liver and pancreas and eventually claimed his life, Edmonds said in an interview.
Apr 3, 2007, 12:36 am - Lottery News