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Workers get 10% bonus if lottery launches on timeNews Story
Tennessee lottery workers can earn as much as 10% of their salary in incentive bonuses about $18,000 for the highest-paid executives if tickets for the scratch-off games and the games played by picking numbers are on sale by their deadlines.The incentive package for the lottery start-up was recommended by Tennessee Education Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul and approved by the lottery board yesterday.Gov. Phil Bredesen said the bonus level was not unreasonable and was considerably more conservative than
Nov 25, 2003, 4:22 am - Lottery News

N.D. lottery supplier nearly pickedNews Story
Organizers of North Dakota's new lottery have interviewed companies that are competing to sell tickets, and a potential supplier -- and a new promotional logo for the game -- may be approved as early as next week.Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said no specific date for selling the first Powerball ticket has been set, although he still expects the game to begin by April 1. It just takes time, and people get very anxious -- especially when the Powerball jackpot gets up -- to buy their tickets, a
Nov 24, 2003, 5:03 am - Lottery News

Lottery applicants diverseNews Story
Ticket sales could go with eating Italian meal, buying a hubcap or doing laundryLottery tickets aren't just for convenience stores anymore.Beauty salons, coin-operated laundries, used-car lots and barbecue joints have put in applications to sell tickets for the Tennessee lottery, set to begin Feb. 10.Caesar Randazzo, owner of Caesar's Ristorante Italiano in Nashville, grew up in Italy where gambling's a part of life. He says he's been waiting for a lottery in Tennessee, and if he's accepted as
Nov 24, 2003, 4:46 am - Lottery News

GTECH scrutinized in bid for Tennessee lottery contractsNews Story
GTECH Corp., the lottery giant bidding for Tennessee contracts, has been praised for quick startups and leading technology.But the company has also been criticized for aggressive lobbying and a series of missteps in the 1990s that led to the criminal conviction of one employee and culminated in an overhaul of top managers three years ago. I don't think their past record should reflect adversely on ... the present company, although it does require someone to look at them with a little more due di
Nov 20, 2003, 7:00 am - Lottery News

Lottery may make early contract picksNews Story
The Tennessee lottery board is still on track with the Nov. 24 deadline to decide on contracts for gaming vendors.Board members will determine Thursday whether they will hold a telephone conference Friday to make an early decision on the contracts, which would give gaming vendors two more days laying the infrastructure for ticket sales.Wanda Young Wilson, senior vice president for corporate affairs, said that at this stage every day counts.The goal is to start the lottery by Feb. 10. The Tenness
Nov 18, 2003, 5:03 am - Lottery News

State to display odds of winningNews Story
When Tennesseans start playing the lottery next year, they'll know something dreamers in many other states don't: the odds of winning.State law doesn't require the odds to be advertised, but Tennessee lottery chief Rebecca Paul believes it's good business to do so. Every place I've ever been has prominently displayed it in brochures, at point of sale, where people get their play slips, where they fill them out, Paul said. It's important to have it there and ready and available for anybody who
Nov 10, 2003, 4:51 am - Lottery News

Paul's pay checkedNews Story
With much still to do, lottery organizer faces criticism over salariesWith Tennessee's new lottery set to begin in just three months, Rebecca Paul has a lot to do and little time to do it.Paul and her senior staff must hire contractors, test software, rent offices, hire hundreds of people, train retailers and build a computer network. And those are just the highlights.To get everything done by Feb. 10, Paul works from 9 a.m. to midnight nearly every day - a schedule that hasn't left time for cul
Nov 10, 2003, 4:48 am - Lottery News

Cohen says Tenn. lottery tickets will be on sale by Jan. 27News Story
The Tennessee Legislature's leading lottery advocate predicted Thursday that Tennessee will be selling lottery tickets by Jan. 27 and said the startup date could have been Jan. 1.Sen. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, said the state lottery board had dramatically underestimated the skill and speed of lottery CEO Rebecca Paul when it set Feb. 10 as the target startup date. He described Paul as a workaholic working 24/7 with the best lottery team ever assembled. Feb. 10 is the first deadline Paul, former G
Nov 7, 2003, 4:37 am - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery offices to be housed at MetroCenterNews Story
A former Nortel Networks building in MetroCenter north of downtown will become the new home of the Tennessee lottery.Under preliminary terms, the lottery will lease 55,181 square feet of space on part of the first floor and all of the second floor at about $925,000 in annual rent. It will be a 10-year lease.At an average annual rate of $16.76 per square foot, it was the lowest bid of the three buildings lottery officials looked at seriously, said Steve Adams, the lottery's chief administrative o
Oct 31, 2003, 4:52 am - Lottery News

'Enough,' Bredesen warns lottery chiefNews Story
Hire homegrown, lower-paid people, governor suggestsGov. Phil Bredesen says he wants Tennessee lottery chief Rebecca Paul to stop stacking her staff with former employees from the Georgia lottery and paying out top-dollar salaries. I honestly think we have enough Georgians now and we have enough high-salary people, and I'm anxious to get on with the business of building this lottery, Bredesen told reporters yesterday. We've accommodated what she wanted, but enough is enough. Paul has so far hir
Oct 18, 2003, 1:53 pm - Lottery News