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Missouri Lottery director resigns amid rift with state commissionNews Story
The director of the Missouri Lottery is on his way out. Executive Director Larry Jansen said Monday that he was resigning in response to the Lottery Commission's interest in changing the agency's direction. Lottery sales fell nearly 3 percent last fiscal year after peaking at almost $1 billion in 2008. Gov. Jay Nixon's administration has cited a continued decline in Lottery sales as a reason for cuts to Missouri's online school and some other educational programs that depend on its proceed
Nov 9, 2009, 10:52 pm - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery director hired by D.C. LotteryNews Story
Roogow has been Md. director for 12 years WBAL Radio has learned that Buddy Roogow is leaving the Maryland Lottery. He has accepted the post of Executive Director of the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games. David Umanski in the office of the CFO for the D.C. Lottery tells WBAL Radio that after a nationwide search, Roogow was the superior candidate for the post. Roogow will remain as Director of the Maryland Lottery through the end of November and begin his new job in D.C. in early Decembe
Oct 27, 2009, 9:20 pm - Lottery News

Fired lottery chief files $9M lawsuitNews Story
Wrongful dismissal suit calls the decision to fire former CEO McDougald 'severe and unjustified' The fired chief executive of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is seeking $9 million from taxpayers in a wrongful dismissal suit for her lost $400,000-a-year job, sources say. Kelly McDougald, dumped last week over widespread expense account irregularities by staff at the Crown agency including one employee's $30 car wash without an official receipt has filed a notice in a case that, c
Sep 12, 2009, 7:28 am - 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

ARKANSAS LOTTERY DRAWINGS TO BE COMPUTERIZEDNews Story
Numerous polls show players do not trust computerized drawings Did Arkansas Lottery Commission hire the right team? Senator proposes bill scrapping the lottery Despite nearly universal player mistrust of computerized lottery drawings, the new Arkansas Lottery director made the inexplicable decision this week to forgo real mechanical lottery ball drawings, and use a computer program to select the winning numbers in the state's new lottery. The commission met at Philander Smith College
Aug 1, 2009, 1:20 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery's Hargrove named chair of the Powerball GroupNews Story
Rebecca Hargrove, president and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery, earlier this month was named Chair of the Powerball Group of the Multi-State Lottery Association. In the position announced July 10, Hargrove will oversee the management and marketing of the brand, its budget, its rules and new membership. A 24-year lottery industry veteran, Hargrove has served as the chief executive of four U.S. lotteries and was hired in 2003 to launch Tennessee's lottery. The Multi-State Lottery
Jul 29, 2009, 12:16 pm - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery's Shaheen named president of Powerball groupNews Story
North Carolina Education Lottery Executive Director Tom Shaheen has been elected to the top position of the association that offers the Powerball lottery game. Shaheen was elected president of the Multi-State Lottery Association's board of directors. His term, which began July 1, lasts for one year. The association is owned and operated by the 32 member lotteries that comprise the Powerball. The association also sells the Hot Lotto, Wild Card and 2by2 games. The lottery directors of the
Jul 9, 2009, 8:20 am - Lottery News

Paula Bethea named interim S.C. Lottery chiefNews Story
The S.C. lottery has hired one of the games' original commissioners to be its interim executive director, an official said Wednesday. Paula Harper Bethea, a Bluffton civic leader and McNair Law Firm executive, is expected to take over daily operations of the $1 billion-a-year lottery later this month, said Tim Madden, lottery commission chairman. Bethea will succeed executive director Ernie Passailaigue. He resigned July 1 to start the Arkansas lottery, which is expected to begin sales lat
Jul 9, 2009, 8:03 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery director scrutinized over staffing plansNews Story
Just a few days into his job running Arkansas' lottery, Ernie Passailaigue is already sounding like a man under siege. In his first appearance before lawmakers as the state lottery's executive director, Passailaigue complained that reporters were focusing only on the negative and the trivial. And he says the public won't understand what goes into setting up the lottery from scratch. Passailaigue took a defensive tone last week as he explained his plan to create 88 positions for the new gam
Jul 7, 2009, 10:29 am - Lottery News