Arkansas Lottery director resigns

Comment #4

tiggs95 — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:33:53 GMT

Can you really ever trust someone named Ernie?..and Passailaique to boot??!!...

Comment #3

Todd — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:27:30 GMT

His first mistake was to focus solely on the business end and not the player end. Computerized drawings were the result, and the way these things go, Arkansas players will be stuck with them until the end of time.

Yes, the scholarships are important and the entire reason for the lottery's existence, but they won't get any better or more numerous with a player base that lacks excitement and loyalty.

So it would have been much better to put the players and their games first and foremost, and... [ More ]

Comment #2

dk1421 — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:14:58 GMT

Todd should apply!!!! Or Coin Toss

Comment #1

rdgrnr — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:58:55 GMT

Stumbles and Missteps .

LOL, I love the way they cover for each other after hiring this walking disaster at 3 times the salary of any other lottery director and all he does is screw things up and try to rip off the system.

Yeah, he had a couple of stumbles and missteps alright.

So did Bernie Madoff.

Arkansas Lottery director resigns

Lottery Post — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:01:54 GMT

Includes video report

The Arkansas Lottery Commission Monday accepted the resignation of embattled state Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue, who ends his controversial tenure on his own after surviving two past attempts by commission members to fire him.

Passailaigue submitted a letter of resignation to the commission's chairman, Dianne Lamberth of Batesville, on Friday. His resignation will be effective Oct. 7.

Passailaigue was not hired on a contract and will receive no buyout.

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