California Lottery official fired for taking 'bonus' from hotel

Comment #5

CA LotteryGuy — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:13:44 GMT

Here is why he was fired....

Leeson allegedly signed a contract promising him about 97,000 Hilton honors points this year in connection with the state lottery's rental of 80 rooms per month at the Hilton, for $110 per night, to house Big Spin contestants.

Donald Currier, the state lottery's chief counsel, said Leeson is believed to have received a similar number of redeemable Hilton points last year, and an unspecified number in 2004 and 2005.

Hilton's honors program, like airl... [ More ]

Comment #4

DoubleDown — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:05:21 GMT

Why is the official fired ?

I haven't got a clue- does anyone else that read the story have one

Comment #3

Just6ntlc — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:59:59 GMT

Why is the official fired

Comment #2

irondoor827 — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:57:36 GMT

People will lose confidence in government if they think that employees are benefiting from government decisions they are making, Stern said when informed of Leeson's firing

funny the state government of calafornia saying no one is to benifit from their decicisions ...but political figures benifit all the time ask the Vice president of the United States,and his contracts in Iraq and for crime ask him how he got off shooting someone in the face... [ More ]

Comment #1

psykomo — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:55:43 GMT

Really>>>>>I must apolige >>>> THE HILTON is the BEST all

over the WORLD this storie will BE PROVEN>>>>> FALSE !!!

SORRY<<<<<BOUT>>>>>>> THAT !

THEY are the BEST >>>>>>> AROUND the WORLD >>>>>>>>

LOL

PSYKOMO

California Lottery official fired for taking 'bonus' from hotel

Lottery Post — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:03:23 GMT

A California Lottery official has been fired for allegedly pocketing gratuities tied to the weekly Big Spin TV show, where scratch-off ticket winners vie for a chance to win millions.

Richard Leeson was dismissed after an internal investigation found that he received redeemable honors points from a contract to house Big Spin contestants at the Glendale Hilton Hotel, officials said.

This is not the kind of thing you can make excuses for, Lottery Director Joan Borucki said Tuesday at a... [ More ]