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Why did NJ give lottery contract to the highest bidder?
Part 2 of a 3-part look at the New Jersey Lottery A month after a new contract to operate the New Jersey's lottery was supposed to begin, officials still have not determined whether to go with a new company that bid about $75 million for the five-year pact, or the existing operator which bid nearly $32 million more. Last fall, the state awarded a new five-year contract to GTech Corp., which bid $106.7 million. With a bid $31.7 million lower, Scientific Games filed a protest saying the stat
Jul 25, 2006, 9:27 am - Lottery News

Washington Lottery to debut new ticket machines
Washington lottery players can expect new green tickets July 2, the date the state-run gambling enterprise switches to new machines in its retail outlets. The switch comes at a time the state Lottery is struggling to maintain its share of the state's exploding gambling market. But the change is not expected to boost the state's shrinking share of the $1.7 billion that gamblers lose each year in Washington. The change in ticket stock is tied to the installation of new ticket-dispensing mac
Jun 19, 2006, 2:06 pm - Lottery News

Lottery Giant Targets European Market
Scientific Games, a dominant player in the US instant lottery ticket market, is jockeying for a larger stake in Europe after buying a British maker of betting terminals last month. The traditional lotto market has matured in Europe, the chief executive of Scientific Games, Lorne Weill, said. Growth needed to come from other product areas, such as instant scratch tickets and video lottery terminals. Instant lottery tickets are a high-growth market. In Italy, annual sales of instant
May 9, 2006, 6:50 am - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery will pay Scientific Games one way or the other
Scientific Games might get a piece of North Carolina's lottery action after all. When the state joins the multi-state Powerball game May 30, the big jackpot game probably will offer a feature allowing players to pay extra for a separate drawing to have winnings (other than the jackpot) multiplied by a random number. But Scientific Games now under investigation by the state for possible violations of lobbying law owns the patent to the extra feature, known as Power Play. Lottery offi
Apr 19, 2006, 6:51 am - Lottery News

Lottery company misses bid deadline
One of the two major American lottery companies Tuesday let a key deadline pass for winning the right to operate a major chunk of North Carolina's new lottery games.Rhode Island-based GTECH Holdings said it did not submit a letter of intent to bid for the right to operate instant-winner scratch-off ticket games in North Carolina. The letters signal a company's interest to the state and keep the company in the loop for more contract information.GTECH's unwillingness to bid so far increases the od
Dec 28, 2005, 6:54 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games to be allowed to bid on N.C. Lottery deal
Barring a Georgia lottery operator that had inside influence on the writing of North Carolina's state lottery law from running the game would leave only one bidder for the lucrative contract, the lottery commission chairman said Thursday.Also Thursday, a former federal magistrate was nominated to fill the last vacancy on the lottery commission and a legal foundation sued to have the Legislature's vote creating the lottery declared void.Charles Sanders, head of the lottery commission, said Scient
Dec 16, 2005, 6:53 am - Lottery News

Delware Lottery renews contract with Scientific Games
Scientific Games will continue to provide cooperative services to the Delaware Lottery for at least another three years under terms of an agreement announced today.Instant ticket services to be provided include warehousing, marketing, distribution and installation of game management software. The contract is valued at $7.1 million over the three years, and includes three one-year extension options.Over the current contract, Delaware Lottery sales have risen more than 46 percent under Scientific
Dec 5, 2005, 10:33 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games appeals N.J. Lottery's award to GTECH
Overbid by nearly $32 million in its unsuccessful attempt to get the state's lottery contract, Scientific Games filed a protest Tuesday claiming officials skewed the bid proposals to keep its current operator.Earlier this month, the state announced its plans to give GTech Corp., the current lottery operator, a new five-year contract, even though it wasn't the low bidder. The state justified the decision by saying GTech offered a more secure and reliable system and outscored Scientific Games on a
Nov 23, 2005, 8:30 am - Lottery News

Scientific Games faces criminal investigation
Apparent violations of lobbying laws prompt North Carolina to initiate a probeNorth Carolina Wednesday began a criminal investigation of lottery company Scientific Games and three people who worked this year for the major gaming operator.The N.C. Secretary of State's office, which regulates lobbyists, said it found apparent violations of the lobbying laws by Scientific Games International Inc. and a vice president, Alan Middleton, as well as company consultants Meredith Norris and Kevin Geddin
Nov 3, 2005, 11:12 am - Lottery News

Questions rise about N.C. lottery access
Meredith Norris, a top political aide to House Speaker Jim Black, hired two Charlotte lawyers Friday as Secretary of State Elaine Marshall investigated whether Norris lobbied on behalf of a major lottery company without being registered to do so. Ms. Norris is very confident that she has not violated any lobbying laws, Thomas Walker, one of her lawyers, said Friday.The probe advanced as Republican leaders called for an investigation by Attorney General Roy Cooper or an independent inquiry into
Oct 17, 2005, 7:09 am - Lottery News

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