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Indiana Lottery chief resigns after lavish office revealedNews Story
Hoosier Lottery Director Kathryn Densborn stepped down Friday after coming under fire for moving the lottery to a posh new headquarters in Indianapolis. Gov. Mitch Daniels said in a statement he accepted her resignation, which was effective Friday. Densborn came under fire last week following reports of lavish spending on the move from Pan Am Plaza to a 35,000-square-foot office on Meridian Street. (See Hoosier Lottery admits new office too lavish, Lottery Post, Oct. 6, 2011.) Lotter
Oct 14, 2011, 6:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio Gov. considering privatizing management of lotteryNews Story
A proposal to privatize the management of the Ohio Lottery Commission was submitted this week to the nonpartisan Legislative Service Commission, which researches Ohio's budgets and laws. Gov. John Kasich, who has yet to name a lottery director, has for weeks been discussing privatizing lottery operations, though he has not made a public commitment to do so. Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols said the administration would not answer questions about any proposal until the state budget is released
Mar 12, 2011, 10:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery learning about video gaming operationsNews Story
The North Carolina Education Lottery formally sought information Monday on how it could operate casino-style video gambling machines should the GOP-led Legislature and Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue decide to regulate rather than keep outlawing them. New lottery Executive Director Alice Garland said her agency put out a request for details from companies that have the ability to run a centrally operated video lottery terminal system that would operate multiple games. The request, which sets a
Feb 8, 2011, 8:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois signs deal to privatize lotteryNews Story
Illinois Lottery to become nation's first privately-run lottery Daily operations of the Illinois Lottery will be managed by a private company beginning in July. As part of a massive deal that has been in the works for nearly two years, state officials announced Tuesday that they've signed a final deal with Northstar Lottery Group to run the lottery. Northstar, which is comprised of three companies that already do business with the state, has said it could generate $1.5 billion more over
Jan 19, 2011, 9:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

3 companies bid to run lucrative Texas LotteryNews Story
Three major gambling companies entered the competition by Tuesday to run Texas' lottery a massive operation that could pay $100 million per year to the winning bidder. Scientific Games Corp., Intralot Inc. and GTECH Corp., which holds the current Texas operations contract, submitted cost proposals for the games, said Texas Lottery Commission spokesman Bobby Heith. All are prominent companies in the lottery and gambling business worldwide and frequently compete with one another for U.S. sta
Jul 1, 2010, 9:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

Power outage has California lottery running on back-up generatorsNews Story
The California lottery disclosed Saturday night it was using emergency, backup electricity generators indefinitely to run online gambling and other games statewide due to a power outage. Lottery Director Joan Borucki assured gamblers that operations would remain normal but said full conventional power to all buildings may not be restored for some time. The lottery was able to conduct Saturday night's Super-LOTTO Plus draw of winning numbers, for instance, officials said. The outage,
Jan 6, 2008, 12:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery makes contingency plans for takeoverNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission began laying the groundwork Wednesday to take over the $95 million-a-year operation historically carried out by a private corporation in the event that the state is no longer satisfied with its work. Officials made clear that the prospect of the lottery severing its 14-year relationship with Rhode Island-based Gtech Corp. was highly remote. But they also expressed deep concerns over recent reports that the gaming giant, which is soon to be sold to the Italian f
Aug 18, 2006, 3:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

BETonSPORTS Shutting U.S. Gambling SitesNews Story
BetOnSports PLC, the British-based Internet gambling company that has been charged with fraud and racketeering in the United States, said Friday it will shut down its services for American gamblers. BETonSPORTS said it plans to stop operating in Costa Rica and Antigua from where it accepted wagers from tens of thousands of customers in the United States as soon as possible following a U.S. federal court order for the company to stop taking bets from the country. Shares in the company were
Aug 11, 2006, 11:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Is the Lottery (PB/MM) corrupt?Reply
The manager of the Texas lottery over Drawings, said Gtech has control of all terminals switches. Yes the comment by CSFB about after the game is drawn can a terminal produce the winning numbers yes Gtech can. There is not one central button that shuts off each terminal. Its kinda like your lights, or water. They can shut off your lights if you don't pay the bill from their terminal. This does not shut off everyone elses lights. Every person that went to the polls and voted for a State lo
Feb 9, 2006, 8:14 am - richwood - Lottery Discussion Forum

2005 a trying year for Texas Lottery chairmanNews Story
Tom Clowe says he was never much of a gambling man, but he was willing to take his chances when he asked Gov. George W. Bush in 1998 to give him an opportunity to serve the state in a volunteer capacity. I said to Governor Bush: I'm ready to do public service now. Give me the worst job that you've got,' Clowe recalled in a recent interview. And, man, he did! Bush appointed Clowe in November 1998 to the board that oversees the Texas Lottery Commission, which was still reeling from a string of
Jan 2, 2006, 7:42 am - Todd - Lottery News