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Time line of Rebecca Paul's selection as chief executive officer of the Tennessee lottery:Feb. 27 Paul, head of the Georgia lottery, the model for Tennessee's, briefs a joint session of the state House and Senate on what is involved in setting up a state lottery. Legislation creating the Tennessee lottery was pending.July 28 Paul discusses a possible Georgia-Tennessee partnership agreement with the Tennessee lottery board.Aug. 14 Questions are raised about whether a partnership would violate pro
Sep 9, 2003, 3:50 am - Lottery News
New lottery chief gets jackpot, too, if she hits the numbers
Industry-heralded lottery czar Rebecca Paul could be paid just over $750,000 if:Next year's Tennessee Lottery sells its first scratch-off tickets by Feb.17.Sells its first online tickets 60 days later.And clears $122 million for education by July 1.Those ambitious goals are built into a base- and incentive-pay package worked out with Paul over the weekend by the Tennessee Lottery Board to lure her away from a $500,000-a-year post as chief executive officer of the Georgia Lottery to the same posi
Sep 9, 2003, 3:44 am - Lottery News
Tenn. Lottery Could Include Satellite Network
A legislative sponsor of Tennessee's lottery law says the game could be a high-tech operation when retailers start selling tickets.State Rep. Chris Newton of Cleveland says retail outlets may be connected to the lottery's online games by traditional phone lines, but other technologies could be featured. He says the technology is there to do the satellite hookup.A mid-February or later starting date is projected since the Tennessee lottery board rejected a joint operating deal with Georgia.Tennes
Sep 8, 2003, 2:36 pm - Lottery News
Statement of Gov. Sonny Perdue About the Resignation of Rebecca Paul
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue issued the following statement today regarding the resignation of Rebecca Paul as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Lottery Corporation: Under Rebecca Paul's leadership, the Georgia Lottery Corporation has returned over six billion dollars to education since 1993. Her impressive management and innovative marketing of the Georgia Lottery has not only been recognized here in Georgia, but around the nation. I want to personally thank Rebecca for her
Sep 8, 2003, 2:34 pm - Lottery News
Miller, Barnes say Paul will be missed at Georgia lottery
A Georgia lottery that could fall short of funding two nationally acclaimed education programs in as little as three years now must operate without the woman who guided it for 10 years. Rebecca Paul said Monday she is leaving to run the Tennessee games.Shes the best lottery director in the world and she will be greatly missed in Georgia, said Sen. Zell Miller, who led the push to establish the lottery when he was governor, and was instrumental in luring Paul from Florida to start Georgias games
Sep 8, 2003, 2:32 pm - Lottery News
Giant lottery operator GTECH wants to add Tennessee to its clientele
Financial advisers have long said that lottery players would fare better investing their money in the stock market than hoping the pingpong balls pop up with their numbers.If you followed that advice and bought stock in the largest lottery operator in the country, GTECH Holdings, over the past decade, chances are the investment would have paid off better about 500% better.The West Greenwich, R.I., company's stock price has doubled in the past year, closing Friday at $42.77; GTECH's revenues have
Sep 8, 2003, 3:49 am - Lottery News
GTech has winning lottery ticket, checkered past
A Rhode Island company that practically built the nation's state lottery business just added the Florida Lottery as the missing gem to its crown jewels.GTech Corp. last week became the successful bidder to run the Florida Lottery system. With Florida in hand, the company will run all five of the country's biggest state lottery systems - New York, Texas, Georgia, California and Florida. Altogether, GTech will operate 26 of the 36 state lottery systems, plus the Washington, D.C., system. We genera
Sep 8, 2003, 3:44 am - Lottery News
Georgia's Lottery Director to Quit
Rebecca Paul, who started Georgia's lottery and has been its only director for 10 years, is jumping ship to run the startup lottery for neighboring Tennessee. She has informed the governor, Dan McLagan, a spokesman for Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, said. Mrs. Paul has indicated she is looking for a new challenge. We certainly wish her well. Earlier Sunday, two sources told The Associated Press Paul was negotiating with Tennessee officials to head their new lottery and that she was expected to tak
Sep 8, 2003, 3:38 am - Lottery News
Lottery board narrows list of CEO candidates to three
The list of candidates for the top job in running Tennessee's lottery has been whittled from 15 to three, but lottery officials declined yesterday to say who the finalists are.One official said Tennesseans could rest assured that the chief executive officer candidates would be well-screened and that the board had no choice but to handle it this way.Lottery board spokesman Will Pinkston was asked why there will not be an opportunity for a public review of candidates or the board's selection.''Unf
Sep 5, 2003, 3:27 am - Lottery News
Tennessee Rejects Lottery Deal with Georgia
The Tennessee lottery board decided unanimously this afternoon to decline a partnership with the Georgia lottery perhaps delaying the startup of games in Tennessee until March.Board members said the deal made sense from a business perspective because it would have provided more net revenue to be used for scholarships for Tennessee students.Although the state Attorney General's Office and the outside counsel consortium led by Waller Lansden Dortch Davis agree a joint venture is legal and allowe
Sep 3, 2003, 6:06 pm - Lottery News