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Temporary Calif. Lottery Director AppointedNews Story
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday promoted the general counsel of the California Lottery to acting director.Melissa Meith, 53, a Democrat, will replace Chon Gutierrez, who retired last month. Gutierrez had served as acting director since December 2004.The governor's office is conducting a national search for a new director of the lottery, which reached sales of more than $3.3 billion this year, its highest ever. Meith's position pays $125,280 a year.
Sep 16, 2005, 7:24 am - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery appoints new directorNews Story
The Missouri Lottery Commission on Monday named its longtime chief financial officer, Larry Jansen, as the agency's new executive director.Jansen, 49, of Jefferson City, is a certified public accountant and has worked as the lottery's controller and chief financial officer since the lottery's inception in 1986.Under his direction, the Lottery has received the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada's Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting the past five y
Sep 14, 2005, 8:15 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery critic applies for Director positionNews Story
Dawn Nettles, the Garland woman who has made criticizing the troubled Texas Lottery Commission a full-time job in recent years, is applying for the job of running the state agency. My goal is to clean up the lottery, run it honestly and still make money for the state, Nettles said this morning. I'm a trouble-shooter, and I know the lottery players. Nettles, who publishes the online Lotto Report, was first to alert the Texas Attorney General's Office that then-Executive Director Reagan Greer ha
Sep 12, 2005, 6:41 pm - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery to close Muncie officeNews Story
Hoosier Lottery officials say they will close the lottery's Muncie regional office on September 28th and merge its operations with a regional office in Fort Wayne.The regional offices supply lottery retailers with tickets, service lottery machines and pay out prizes from $600 to $10,000.Officials say the Muncie and Fort Wayne offices paid only 70 prizes last year and many Muncie residents drove to lottery headquarters in Indianapolis to collect their money.Lottery officials hope to save $280,000
Sep 7, 2005, 7:42 am - Lottery News

N.C. Governor Signs Historic Lottery BillNews Story
The lottery is now law in North Carolina, but not even the governor is willing to bet publicly on when the games will begin.A jubilant Gov. Mike Easley waited just a day after the Senate approved the lottery bill to make it law. His signature capped two decades of effort to bring a lottery to North Carolina, the only state on the East Coast without a game. Easley had pushed lawmakers since his first campaign for governor in 2000 to relent so the state could generate money for its education needs
Aug 31, 2005, 8:08 pm - Lottery News

What's next for the N.C. lotteryNews Story
Here's a quick look at what will happen next for the North Carolina lottery, which received final legislative approval Tuesday:BILL SIGNING: Democratic Gov. Mike Easley will sign the bill into law Wednesday.LOTTERY COMMISSION: The governor, the Senate president pro tempore and House speaker will appoint the nine members of the North Carolina State Lottery Commission. The commission will hire a director, who with approval of the commission, can hire an outside firm to operate the games.ADVERTISIN
Aug 30, 2005, 9:42 pm - Lottery News

Calif. lottery director resignsNews Story
Chon Gutierrez, a longtime state official who has headed the California Lottery and the Department of Motor Vehicles, announced his retirement Thursday after more than 34 years in state government.In a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gutierrez, 60, said he was stepping down immediately from his current post as acting lottery director. From my perspective, how is the perfect time for me to finally retire, he said in a statement.Gutierrez was director of the lottery from 1987 to 1991. He ha
Aug 25, 2005, 9:43 pm - Lottery News

Calif. lottery director to resignNews Story
Acting California Lottery Director Chon Gutierrez is resigning amid controversy created by Democrat lawmakers over the legality of California's recent entrance into the multi-state Mega Millions lotto game.Gutierrez, who recently served as a Schwarzenegger administration troubleshooter on government reorganization, told his top staff members that he was going on vacation and then would retire after 34 years of state service in various capacities under multiple administrations.Aides to Gov. Arnol
Aug 25, 2005, 2:12 pm - Lottery News

Indiana Lottery banking on fairness, cutsNews Story
The Hoosier Lottery has run into some rough times lately whether it is sagging profits or employees leaking the location of a winning ticket.But the new head of the quasi-governmental agency is focused on running things more efficiently with an emphasis on integrity. It is our absolute focus, said Esther Schneider a 40-year-old native of Las Vegas. We have a moral obligation to make sure our games are fair. When she arrived, Schneider said there was a lot of loosey-goosey activity, inclu
Aug 9, 2005, 9:27 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery has history of frequent firingsNews Story
Current and former Texas Lottery employees believe the threat of being fired was used to intimidate anyone who raised questions about lottery operations.Texas Lottery Commission C-F-O Lee Deviney was fired after he questioned the agency's practice of advertising inflated Lotto Texas jackpots.His managers say his termination was unrelated to that.Deviney was among five lottery employees fired in June under the at-will provision, bringing the total to eight so far for 2005.Documents attained by Th
Aug 1, 2005, 9:39 am - Lottery News