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Illinois lottery ad agency off the hookNews Story
A special audit of the Illinois Lottery's chief ad agency found the company did not keep adequate records to answer key questions about millions of dollars in payments from the state.However, Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration said Thursday that the special $60,000 audit answered enough of those questions to vindicate the state's support of R.J. Dale Advertising Public Relations.The forensic audit, conducted by Clifton Gunderson LLP of Oak Brook, concluded that there was no evidence of mis
Jun 24, 2005, 1:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Audit sought for Colorado lottery-fund useNews Story
The director of a state agency that doles out $40 million a year in Colorado Lottery funds has asked for an audit on how the money has been spent.In addition, Mike Beasely, the director of the Department of Local Affairs, has asked a legislative committee to look again at the issue of whether the state should have more oversight over the Conservation Trust Fund.The department distributes lottery proceeds from the fund to local governments and recreation districts, which then determine who gets t
Oct 10, 2003, 9:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

FLASH: Tennessee Lottery audit won't investigate drawing errorsNews Story
Out-of-control situation gets worse Legislators shocked to learn investigation won't study why errors occurred The Tennessee Lottery hired an outside auditor after a computer issue affected the Cash 3 and Cash 4 games in August, but the auditor will not examine why the system failed. Lottery officials previously said KPMG would be paid about $90,000 to look into the problem that kept repeat numbers from being drawn for those games for more than three weeks in August. But a letter ob
Oct 3, 2007, 12:02 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery operating costs drop half-million dollarsNews Story
A report released Thursday by Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury shows a half-million reduction in operating costs for the Oregon Lottery following last year's devastating audit. The savings were over five months compared to the same period in 2002.Gov. Ted Kulongoski called the results as a significant step forward in our goal to reduce costs and restore accountability in state government. The 2002 audit found nearly $800,000 in questionable administrative expenses, including use of first
Sep 26, 2003, 3:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Audit reveals 'questionable' Colorado Lottery winsNews Story
A handful of people seem to have been winning the Colorado Lottery a bit more often than the odds would dictate, raising the specter of possible wrongdoing, a state audit revealed Monday. That audit showed that some individuals, including one licensed Lottery retailer, have won several high-dollar prizes over the past three years, raising concerns with the Colorado Auditor's Office that something could be amiss. One person won $600 or more from the Lottery's Pick 3 game 47 times over a th
Sep 25, 2018, 9:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

State audit questions Georgia Lottery business practices despite record profits to educationNews Story
Georgia sells more lottery tickets per capita than all but one other state lottery, according to a state audit of the Georgia Lottery Corporation, the quasi-governmental agency that runs it. But a steadily declining portion of lottery revenues flow back to the education programs the lottery is required by law to fund, and the corporation that runs the lottery needs to reform its business practices, according to auditors in the Performance Audit Division of the Georgia Department of Audits and
Jan 2, 2017, 5:31 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Audit: Stores buying Michigan lottery tickets from playersNews Story
Some Michigan stores that sell lottery tickets are hitting the jackpot by buying winning tickets from desperate players at a discount, according to auditors who are urging a crackdown on the illegal practice. Lottery players who owe back taxes or other debts don't want the state to learn their identity. So they're probably selling winning tickets back to retailers for less than what they're worth, the audit found. An audit released Tuesday said 37 store owners turned in winning tickets wor
Nov 18, 2014, 10:13 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery opposes state auditReply
Since we already know that, what kind of useful information do you expect we'd get by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on an audit? The purpose of an audit is to look for irregularities, mismanagement, or inefficiency. Bonuses are either tied to rules, legislation or an employent contract, or based on meeting performance goals. The former can be fixed without an audit by simply changing the rules or the terms of renewed employment contracts. The latter probably means that the fat bonuse
Nov 26, 2009, 2:06 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

NJ lottery winners still receiving welfare, food stamps, audit saysNews Story
An audit sniffing out fraud in New Jersey's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program detected 66 lottery winners who were perhaps too lucky. They were all welfare and food stamps beneficiaries who had each won more than $10,000, including one person who had been collecting $1,000 a week from the Win for Life scratch-off game prior to 2009. Ten other winners netted more than $100,000 in lottery proceeds from 2011 to 2013. All of them were still collecting food stamps this year, according to t
Dec 6, 2014, 2:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery oversight committee to convene in NovemberNews Story
By Todd Northrop Accounting firm to audit lottery and provide results to committee Following a disastrous couple of months for Tennessee Lottery, the legislature has decided to convene a meeting of the Oversight Committee and audit the lottery's operations. Senator Bill Ketron and Representative Ulysses Jones are co-chairs of the committee. According to a staffer in Senator Ketron's office, the committee has met several times in the past, mainly to discuss issues related to education
Sep 20, 2007, 11:22 am - Todd - Lottery News