Ohio Lottery director resigns

Comment #8

RJOh — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:30:11 GMT

I didn't know the state owned those terminals, I thought they belonged to the vendor.

I don't know about other areas but in my area some of those terminals were due for a replacement. Several places were selling tickets that the terminals couldn't read because they weren't printing the bar codes clearly. The clerks would type in the tickets serial numbers that they could make out and hope it worked. I doubt if anyone will want those old terminals because they've seen their best days.... [ More ]

Comment #7

LottoVantage — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:30:30 GMT

Well, I suppose one stress to the economy, (Ohio's), was having to spend all those millions on all the new terminals necessary to operate Intralot's lottery system. I don't think Ohio will have much luck in selling all the old terminals left over from Gtech's operation.

Comment #6

RJOh — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:29:42 GMT

It was my impression that the old contract had ended and the new contract was up for bids and Intralot won the bid. I understand Gtech had planned to make changes too if they won the bid so how did this stress the economy

Comment #5

LottoVantage — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:12:01 GMT

Switching from Gtech to Intralot was not a good decision for the director. The cost to Ohio to impliment these changes was astronomical in an already stressed out economy. The plus side to this change is improved terminal functionality and much faster ticket production, (for those who play their own numbers).

Well, one thing that can be said for Ohio, is at least we still have ball drawings...

Comment #4

ronki — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:58:32 GMT

Hey it's Ohio do I need to say more

Comment #3

dingo — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:47:47 GMT

Mr. Dolan lacks of integrity. No front license plate can be understandable because some car onwers don't want to screw their car's front bumper, especially on epensive collectible cars. However, wearing no seat belt violates traffic law, Click it or Ticket . In addition giving the trooper for letting him go with a verbal warning can be considered as bribery.

Ohio residents should not trust this guy. If he does not hold interity for small things, how can he handle big things

Comment #2

tiggs95 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:46:56 GMT

Good luck to you Jeff..The cop should have kept his mouth shut and just wrote ot the ticket..Hope all is well...

Comment #1

jeffrey — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:40:27 GMT

I was passed by a group of cars on I-75 and my speed drifted up. There was a cop following the crowd of speeders and he pulled me over. I didn't have my seat belt on because I weighed almost 400lb and it hurt me to wear it. He sneared at me for being fat, told me to lose weight and gave me $150 ticket. I think both the trooper who took the tickets and the director should be brought to justice. I have hepatitis which makes you gain weight but I lost 162 lb. I hope there is justice in the world bu... [ More ]

Ohio Lottery director resigns

Lottery Post — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:51:01 GMT

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... [ More ]