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Oklahoma Lottery to compare vendorsNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Commission is scheduled to meet today to consider proposals for a variety of services related to the lottery start-up.The commission is looking for vendors to provide online gaming services, a drawing studio, instant tickets and other projects associated with the start-up of the state lottery.Lottery officials still are hoping to have instant tickets go on sale in October, with Lotto-style drawing games available in November. The commission also will consider applying to mul
Aug 9, 2005, 10:15 am - Lottery News

Loan For Oklahoma’s Lottery Operation DelayedNews Story
Oklahoma Lottery Commission officials said Monday instant lottery tickets should still go on sale in October, despite an unexpected delay in obtaining loan funds for the state's new lottery operation.The commission is negotiating with lenders for a line of credit of up to $10 million to get the lottery off the ground.Gary Bush, bond attorney, told the panel that after the loan is approved by the state Council on Bond Oversight, it goes to the attorney general for approval and then a 30-day cool
Jun 29, 2005, 6:12 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery Director given approval to hire, set up officesNews Story
Oklahoma's lottery director was given authority Tuesday to hire employees and to move ahead with plans to design and renovate the lottery's offices.Executive Director Jim Scroggins said he expects to hire about 130 employees, with about 90 to 100 of them assigned to work at the commission's headquarters, 3815 N Santa Fe.Members of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission voted to give Scroggins authority to hire the employees. Scroggins will report new hires at commission meetings.Among the first to be h
Jun 15, 2005, 3:33 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery expects to have 3,500 sales locationsNews Story
Oklahoma will have 3,500 lottery outlets after the statewide game gears up later this year, one for every 1,000 residents, the state's lottery director said.Speaking at the Oklahoma Grocers Association conference at the Cox Convention Center Wednesday, Director Jim Scroggins said about 80 percent of the tickets will be sold in grocery and convenience stores and retailers can expect a return of about 6 percent.Scroggins promised to keep retailers happy, because we're not going to succeed unless
Jun 10, 2005, 1:29 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma lottery commission urged to keep movingNews Story
After hearing his new bosses debate the definition of rules to govern the newest state agency, Oklahoma's lottery director issued them a gentle reminder.If the Oklahoma Lottery Commission hopes to make a self-imposed October deadline for its first ticket sales, we've got to move, Executive Director Jim Scroggins said.It was Scroggins' first meeting since beginning his new job Monday.At previous meetings, the lottery's volunteer commissioners have held lengthy discussions on how to hire outside
Jun 9, 2005, 2:15 pm - Lottery News

Ticket machines on display for Oklahoma LotteryNews Story
On Wednesday, business owners who will comprise Oklahoma's main lottery ticket sellers filed the required applications and got a gander at machinery that may be used to sell Oklahoma lottery tickets.They had been waiting for this day since that November election night when Oklahoma voters enthusiastically endorsed a state lottery.Gas station and grocery store owners also had some questions for Jim Scroggins, the state's lottery director, and Scott Meacham, the governor's point man for the lotter
Jun 9, 2005, 1:20 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery hires sales director from AtlantaNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Commission hired three administrators Wednesday, one of them from Atlanta, to help new executive director James R. Scroggins get the state's education lottery up and running by October.Each of the new administrators personally was recruited for their jobs by Scroggins and will be paid $110,000 a year, he said. Each of them has a wealth of experience in the area they're going to work in, Scroggins said.Named director of administration was Rollo Redburn, a 29-year employee of
Jun 9, 2005, 11:08 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery vies for Santa Fe headquartersNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Commission may have found a home for an agency expected to employ more than 100 workers.Commissioners voted to start negotiations with the owners of Centennial Business Plaza, 3815 N Santa Fe, choosing that building from three prospective sites.Commissioners spent an hour privately discussing the sites, all in Oklahoma City. Upon returning, they declined to disclose specifics, including the proposed lease rate for each site.The vote was unanimous to have state Leasing Direct
May 17, 2005, 1:21 pm - Lottery News

New Oklahoma Lottery Director Welcomes ChallengeNews Story
Jim Scroggins possessed almost every attribute state lottery commissioners were seeking.He had headed two other state lotteries, was articulate, and is regarded throughout the industry as an innovator whose openness to new ideas had paid huge dividends.It was an unexpected intangible, however, that pushed Scroggins over the top as the man to launch Oklahoma's lottery. He's a heartland guy, Lottery Commission Chairman Jim Orbison said.Raised in a southern Illinois farm town, Scroggins has spent
May 16, 2005, 11:03 am - Lottery News

Missouri Director hired to run Oklahoma LotteryNews Story
James R. Scroggins, the executive director of the Missouri lottery for the last 13 years, was hired Tuesday to direct the startup of the Oklahoma lottery.The vote was unanimous from the Oklahoma Lottery Commission to hire Scroggins, 61, at a base salary of $175,000 a year, plus $30,000 in one-time transition expenses.Scroggins also will get a bonus of $25,000 if instant lottery tickets go on sale in Oklahoma during October of this year and another $25,000 if online lottery games go on sale durin
May 10, 2005, 8:37 pm - Lottery News